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Astronomers find planet that seems too humongous to be orbiting its parent star!
A group of astronomers has identified a planet over 13 times the mass of Earth in orbit around an u…
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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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Using the Webb telescope, scientists may have found the ‘best bet’ for an ocean world outside our solar system!
Among all known temperate exoplanets, this is possibly the most promising candidate for confirming …
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…
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New NASA photos offer a close look at Jupiter's fiery moon with erupting volcanos that dwarf anything on Earth
NASA's Juno spacecraft flew extremely close to Jupiter's eruptive moon Io and took some stunning ph…
Ellyn Lapointe
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'Failed stars' may have a cosmic speed limit to how fast they can spin — otherwise they'll break apart
Brown dwarfs, also called ‘almost stars’ or ‘failed stars’, can spin as fast as 300,000 kilometres …
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First 'intact' planet found circling a dead star — this Jupiter-sized anomaly is in orbit rather than being pulled apart at the seams
This Jupiter-sized anomaly of a planet is part and parcel of a three-star system that lies 80 light…
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A newly discovered space object called 'Farfarout' is the most distant thing in our solar system
It takes Farfarout 1,000 years to orbit the sun. Distant objects like this could help astronomers i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The smallest dwarf planet in our solar system was hiding in the asteroid belt
Hygiea isn’t a new discovery but the fact that it meets the International Astronomical Union’s (…
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Two new planets 8-times the size of Earth could support life — and they're right next-door
Finding a planet other than Earth to support human life is astronomy’s moonshot project. Two new ‘S…
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A dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter has a salty ocean beneath its surface, making it a contender for alien life
"Ceres is the latest evidence that our solar system is filled with ancient habitable environments,"…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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Scavenger hunt for Planet X just dropped another clue
So far three dwarf planets, including the Goblin, have been found in the fringes of our solar …
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All about Super-Earths, their dwarf stars and how they're more habitable than our earth
I'm a professor of astronomy who studies galactic cores, distant galaxies, astrobiology and ex…
PTI
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Google vs. Microsoft: early ChatGPT investor sees a 2-horse AI race for 'the most critical technology for the planet'
"AI technology is probably the most critical technology for the planet in the next 20 years," Vinod…
Brian Evans
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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A scientist's simple animation shows how the planets rocket around the sun at wildly different speeds
Planets must careen through space at astonishing speeds to avoid falling into the sun. The closer t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A small star blew up a bigger star's funeral by exploding — but still missing the bullseye
Stars have much longer life spans than humans. Our Sun, for instance, is 4.6 billion years old wi…