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4 tiny, Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us — and could be visited by future human generations
A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size ... closest star to our solar system, after the three ...
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Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)
Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Diminutive Barnard's Star is closer in size to Jupiter than to the ... of between two and seven Earth days (for comparison, ...
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
Astronomers have discovered that the flattened clouds of gas and dust around stars — nurseries that give birth to planets — are generally smaller than previously thought. Some are so small ...