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Reading between the Rings - Observed Dust Ring Properties as Probes of Planet Masses: #planets using their dusty fingerprints: https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/weighing-newborn-planets/

JWST-TST High Contrast - First Direct Spectroscopy of GJ 504 b Reveals Clouds and Possible Metal Enrichment: #Planet’ harbors a salty surprise: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/06/famous-pink-planet-harbors-a-salty-surprise - James Webb Space Telescope finds salt clouds surround one of the coldest objects ever studied.

Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet: #planet survived death of its star: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2614/ / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-studies-how-planet-survived-death-of-its-star/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_studies_how_a_planet_survived_the_death_of_its_star -> thread https://bsky.app/profile/distantworlds.space/post/3mplvqfi5xc2p

An Earth-sized #planet on a 5.4 h orbit around a nearby K dwarf: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/03/aa56365-25/aa56365-25.html -> Masterstudent UvA ontdekt ‘amandelvormige’ exoplaneet op rand van uiteenvallen: https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/masterstudent-uva-ontdekt-amandelvormige-exoplaneet-op-rand-van-uiteenvallen-4817

The #planet #conjunction over the #Eschenberg on 7 June at two different timesteps.

Carbonaceous Chondrites Provide Evidence for Late-stage #Planetesimal Formation in a Pressure Bump: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae6104 -> A Giant ‘Planet Factory’ Beyond Jupiter May Have Churned out the Building Blocks of the Solar System: https://gizmodo.com/a-giant-planet-factory-beyond-jupiter-may-have-churned-out-the-building-blocks-of-the-solar-system-2000765962 - the dust-filled region likely operated over a span of two million years, birthing plenty of space rocks.