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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/

ASTEP confirmation of a pair of long-period Jupiter-sized planets with extremely low densities transiting TOI-791: #Planets Ever Found: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/nasas-tess-mission-reveals-the-puffiest-planets-ever-found/

Three #planets in the evening sky over #Regensburg, Germany, today, when the Sun was 9° below the horizon and #Mercury - in the lower right, above the crane - 5° above the horizon. At that time it was also an easy naked-eye object, joining the pair of #Jupiter and #Venus on the left. After some rain during the day the atmosphere was superbly clear!

Nice view yesterday evening.
Jupiter, Moon and Venus side by side. Castor&Pollux above.
Too bad I had no good camera and had to use my phone. :(
#planets #astrophotography

First detection of #HDO ice in a #ProtoplanetaryDisk: #Planets Are Formed: https://astrobites.org/2026/06/27/hdo-ice-detection/

Short-period Sub-Neptune Occurrence Rates Peak Around Early-type M Dwarfs: #Planets: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/finding-patterns-in-planets-researchers-explore-the-demographics-of-alien-worlds-in-k2-data - Researchers Explore the Demographics of Alien Worlds in K2 Data.

Active Galactic Nucleus Tori - Potential Birthplace to Millions of #Planets: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19241 -> colorful thread https://bsky.app/profile/bmckastro.bsky.social/post/3mmdfptqnbc2c

RE: #planets over Bochum on 14 June (with Pollux in the upper right) - it's evident that Jupiter will vanish soon.

The evening #planets (with lunar crescent) show is coming to an end tonight: in #Venus #occultation by the Moon.