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New study: There are lots of icy super-Earths
A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...
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Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...
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Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?
The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...
Astronomers Discover Planet With a Tail
"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...
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Is this a hint of life on another world, or just a lot of hot air?
The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...
Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...
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Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?
I want that to be front and center," says Holmberg. "Any claim of life on another planet requires a lot of justification, and I don't think we're there yet." The planet in question, K2-18b ...