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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Scientists expected to find phosphine in other brown dwarfs and gas giant exoplanets.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
But a team of Australian researchers created an AI algorithm that fixes the problem — a major relief for the scientific community, which hopes to use the instrument to search for exoplanets around stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Roman is designed to answer questions regarding the habitability of exoplanets and the nature of dark energy, which is thought to make up 68% of the universe.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D eclipse mapping.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
But a team of Australian researchers created an AI algorithm that fixes the problem — a major relief for the scientific community, which hopes to use the instrument to search for exoplanets around stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Roman is designed to answer questions regarding the habitability of exoplanets and the nature of dark energy, which is thought to make up 68% of the universe.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D eclipse mapping.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Exoplanet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exoplanet. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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