Scientists have confirmed the existence of an "extraordinary" hot Jupiter-type planet that may help explain how the gas giants of our own solar system were formed. The planet, named Kepler-1704b, ...

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— -- Star Wars toured "Tatooine," Star Trek visited "Vulcan" and Avatar plundered "Pandora." And NASA? NASA's Kepler space telescope team this month unveiled "Kepler-22b." A planet some 600 light ...

Exomoons represent a crucial missing puzzle piece in our efforts to understand extrasolar planetary systems. To address this deficiency, we here describe an exomoon survey of 70 cool, giant transiting ...