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NASA’s proposed EVE mission would study young exoplanets to help explain why the galaxy has so few worlds sitting between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.
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NASA’s proposed EVE mission would study young exoplanets to help explain why the galaxy has so few worlds sitting between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:29:22 GMT · 3h 27m ago
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Astronomers have found plenty of rocky super-Earths and plenty of puffier sub-Neptunes, but far fewer planets with a radius of about 1.8 times Earth’s, a gap known as the radius valley.
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If approved, the Early eVolution Explorer (EVE) would investigate the radius valley, a puzzling gap in exoplanet sizes, by studying planets younger than 50 million years, providing crucial data for understanding how planetary systems form and evolve. This mission has the potential to reshape our understanding of exoplanet formation.
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