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Super-Earths are common outside the solar system, new study shows
An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...
Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say
A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about ...
MIT astronomers discover crumbling planet; may offer insight into earth-like conditions in space
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
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Chemical Hints on a Distant Planet Offer ‘Strongest Evidence Yet’ for Life Outside Our Solar System, Astronomers Say
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...
Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star
Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...
Astronomers find ‘strongest sign’ of life outside our solar system
LONDON — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they ...
Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...
Scientists decipher mysterious atmosphere of 'Rosetta Stone' exoplanet
A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...
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Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say
NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit ... can help us understand how conditions beyond our solar system may yield planets vastly different from our ...