exoplanet

noun

exo·plan·et ˈek-sō-ˌpla-nət

ˌek-sō-ˈpla-

: a planet orbiting a star that is not our sun

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The exoplanet at the heart of this research is PDS 70b, a gas giant with around three times the mass and width of Jupiter located 369 light-years away from us. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Perhaps more importantly, in 2022, the telescope has also provided us with the first glimpses of rocky exoplanets inside what astronomers call the habitable zone. —

Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024 Astronomers refer to exoplanets like HD 189733b as ‘hot Jupiters’ due to their similar size and composition to our nearest gas giant. —

Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024 The research team sifted through existing images of the TRAPPIST-1 star system taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, which had initially been captured to find exoplanets. —

Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exoplanet