The 10 biggest exoplanet discoveries of 2021

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Possible 3rd planet spotted around Proxima Centauri, the sun's nearest neighbor star | Space https://www.space.com/proxima-centauri-third-exoplanet-candidate 259 comments
NASA planet-hunting mission finds 5,000 possible alien worlds in less than 4 years | Space https://www.space.com/tess-mission-hits-5000-planet-candidates 98 comments
Bizarre alien planet has layered atmosphere of vaporized metals | Space https://www.space.com/alien-planet-earth-like-atmospheric-layers 92 comments
JWST detects clouds on 'hot Jupiter' we thought had clear skies | Space https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-alien-planet-clouds 47 comments
Weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet is shaped like a football | Space https://www.space.com/hot-jupiter-exoplanet-football-shape 30 comments
5,000 exoplanets! NASA confirms big milestone for planetary science | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-confirms-5000-exoplanets-milestone 10 comments
The hunt is on for exomoons around alien planets and scientists may have just found one | Space https://www.space.com/exomoon-candidate-kepler-1708-discovery 6 comments
Ghostly glow in alien skies: 'Zodiacal light' possibly spotted on 3 exoplanets | Space https://www.space.com/zodiacal-light-dust-search-kepler-planets 4 comments
Volcanoes may carpet surface of newfound Earth-size exoplanet | Space https://www.space.com/earth-size-exoplanet-volcanoes-nasa-tess 3 comments
NASA's TESS exoplanet mission reveals mystery of strange signals from dusty object | Space https://www.space.com/tess-dust-mystery-binary-star 2 comments
Exoplanet evolution? Mini-Neptunes may shed their atmospheres and become super-Earths | Space https://www.space.com/mini-neptune-exoplanet-transform-super-earth 1 comment
Photobombing exoplanets might thwart search for extraterrestrial life | Space https://www.space.com/photobombing-exoplanets-might-thwart-search-for-life 0 comments

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