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Two dozen superhabitable planets identified — some older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions mor…
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How The New Mega-Earth Will Change Our Search For Extraterrestrial Life
With these two extraordinary facts in hand, scientists may want to rescan solar systems with giant …
Leslie Baehr
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Scientists might have finally solved the mystery of Venus' disappearing water
"Although Mars gets the lion's share of attention for future human missions, scientists have pointe…
Ali Sundermier
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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…
Dave Mosher
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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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A handful of recent discoveries has transformed our understanding of Earth-like planets in the galaxy. Here's why Earths might be common.
That's what NASA's Kepler space telescope set out to do. Kepler scanned the skies from 2009 to 2018…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA just discovered an Earth-like planet
"It's simply awe-inspiring to consider that this planet has spent 6 billion years in the habitable …
Jessica Orwig
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Big, Beautiful Pictures Of 4 New Planets That Could Have Life On Them
Kepler observes 150,000 stars, and has found a few thousand of those to have planet candidates. If …
Harrison Jacobs
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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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Astronomer Explains Why It's So Hard To Find An 'Earth Twin' Exoplanet
One way to identify an exoplanet is called the transiting method. When a planet passes in front of …
Kelly Dickerson
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Astronomers discover three planets orbiting younger Sun-like star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought
This rocky planet formed about 10 billion years ago, making it twice as old as Earth. It's too hot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An 'absolutely phenomenal' discovery hints 4 Earth-size planets may orbit the closest sun to our own
"We're getting tantalizingly close to observing the correct limits required for detecting Earth-lik…