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The simulated occurrence rates of planets in both simulated (blue) and known (orange) planetary systems around nearby stars. Top left: All planet periods. Top right: All planet radii. Bottom left: Small planet (R < 6 R⊕) periods. Bottom right: Giant planet (R > 6 R⊕) periods. Additional predicted planets in the systems with known planets are not shown. astro-ph.EP

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Predictive Rankings of the Probability for Temperate Terrestrial Worlds for the HWO ExEP Mission Star List

by Keith CowingJune 4, 2026June 4, 2026

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is NASA’s flagship mission design from the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020, meant to observe temperate terrestrial planets via direct imaging and use […]

Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Mission Star List

Predictive Rankings of the Probability for Temperate Terrestrial Worlds for the HWO ExEP Mission Star List

Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers A Field Of Honeycomb Textures

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Constraining The Lives And Times Of Exoplanets Through Evolutionary Bayesian Retrievals

Project Hephaistos — III. Characterizing Anomalous Infrared Sources Identified As Dyson-sphere Candidates

SCoRE: The Surface Composition Of Rocky Exoplanets