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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...
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Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations ...
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What if the planets were ordered by SIZE? - Part 2
The Sun has a crazy idea: what if the planets were ordered by size? The answer? PURE CHAOS! Trump and Putin agree on 'energy and infrastructure ceasefire' as step to Ukraine peace deal Iron Maiden ...
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Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star. Teams in America and Europe achieved this challenging detection by exploiting precision instruments on the world's largest telescopes.
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In the search for life on exoplanets, finding nothing is something too
What if humanity's search for life on other planets returns no hits? An international team of researchers, led by ETH ...