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Kepler supernova exploded 400 years ago but hasn’t slowed down — and two pieces of debris are headed towards Earth
The star known as Kepler exploded in a fiery supernova over four centuries ago, but the resulting b…
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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we k…
Jessica Orwig
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Neutron star collision can annihilate Earth’s ozone layer, leaving it devoid of life for thousands of years
Very recently, a team of scientists decided to explore the hypothetical possibility of such a kilon…
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Kepler estimates there are at least 300 million potentially habitable planets within the Milky Way galaxy
The search for life beyond Earth and the scope of one day settling down on another planet is someth…
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A supernova that exploded in a nearby galaxy is one of the brightest in a decade. Here's how to see it.
The supernova, named SN 2023ixf, is located 21 million light-years away. It should remain visible w…
Marianne Guenot
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No other asteroid is going to get closer to Earth in the next decade than the one set to fly by on September 1
Many asteroids come and go but most keep their distance from Earth as they fly past. Now one daring…
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is dead 9 years after launching into space
That next-generation observatory will rival the abilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and will be…
Dave Mosher,Reuters
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A new exoplanet is the most promising candidate for a second Earth — where a year lasts 19.5 days
NASA was looking at old Kepler data from 2018 when they realised one of the planets, Kepler 1649c, …
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Astronomers have observed the longest supernova ever seen. The mysterious explosion might have annihilated its star, leaving nothing behind.
In theory, this type of explosion would occur when super-massive stars start producing too many mat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers have discovered a star and potentially habitable planet that are strikingly similar to the sun and Earth
Scientists discovered an Earth-like, potentially habitable planet about 3,000 light-years away. Its…
Holly Secon
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One Image Shows All The Potential Planets We've Found Outside Our Solar System
Kepler scientists have added 833 new exoplanet candidates (potential planets outside our solar syst…
Dina Spector
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Astronomers Spot The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Seen But Can't Explain It
"The really cool thing about this GRB is that because the exploding matter was traveling at [nearly…
Denise Chow
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There could be up to 10 billion warm and cozy Earth-like planets in our home galaxy, new research reveals
But Ford's team didn't want to estimate the number of Earth-like planets in the galaxy based solely…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists Have Detected A New Stellar Explosion That Might Be A Supernova
Only stars with a mass between 8 to 50 times greater than our sun produce Type II supernovae. It ha…
Jessica Orwig
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Images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope remind us, yet again, how improbable it is that we're alone in the universe
Webb's first deep field image is a reminder that the universe is full of galaxies with diverse worl…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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Alien civilizations may have explored the galaxy and visited Earth already, new study says. We just haven't seen them recently.
Researchers have sought to answer the Fermi Paradox in a number of ways - studies have investigated…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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There Could Be A Habitable Planet Just 13 Light Years Away From Earth
The researchers don't know if life could exist on such a planet, though, because being closer to yo…
Jennifer Welsh
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Scientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time. That planet is now our best bet for finding alien life.
"Habitability as we understand it is a very Earth-centric concept. So we know one world that is hab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA has discovered hundreds of potential new planets - and 10 may be like Earth
Scientists wouldn't say too much about the 10 new planets, only that they appear to be roughly Eart…