Potential 11,000 Earth-Like Planets Within Our Galactic Neighborhood
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In 1960, as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) was on the rise, Dr. Frank Drake presented the famed Drake…
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Gliese 367 b, an Exoplanet Twice as Dense as Earth
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When it comes to understanding nature, outliers can often be the most revealing. Such is the case for exoplanet science,…
Webb Finds Distant World Harbors Molecule Made Only by Life on Earth
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Key takeaways: The James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon-bearing molecules, methane and carbon dioxide, in K2-18 b’s atmosphere. K2-18 b,…
If Earth was an exoplanet, James Webb would see intelligent life
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When gazing upon the vast cosmos, one planet shines brightly with irrefutable signs of life: Earth. Our blue planet’s atmosphere…
Alien world discovered by astronomers has mysteriously shrunk
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A fresh find in the vastness of space is perplexing astronomers. Named TOI-332b, this enigmatic exoplanet, set far away from…
TESS discovers planet that challenges our understanding of their formation
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Harnessing the power of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a global consortium of space scientists stumbled upon an intriguing…
TOI-1853b: Astronomers find a planet with a density exceeding that of steel
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An international consortium of astronomers recently unveiled the existence of a planet with an unusually dense composition, reminiscent of the…
An Exoplanet 17-Year-Orbit in 10 Seconds
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In a breathtaking feat of astrophysics, a Northwestern University scientist has created an unprecedented time-lapse video of Beta Pictoris b,…
Scientists have uncovered a very unusual alien planet
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In an unprecedented find, an international team of astronomers has uncovered a very unusual alien planet, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet called…
Astronomers Uncover “Cotton Candy” Exoplanet: Bigger yet Lighter than Jupiter
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In a surprising discovery, astronomers have uncovered what they have aptly dubbed as the cotton candy exoplanet. Despite being nearly…
Astronomers Discover Alien World That Should Not Exist
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The ultimate fate of our sun’s expansion threatens to obliterate Earth, a common destiny for planets as their host stars…
Gigantic tails of helium are escaping from exoplanet HAT-P-32b
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The celestial body known as HAT-P-32b, a behemoth nearly double the size of Jupiter, has been discovered to be shedding…
Rare exoplanet 245 light-years away could be a massive water world
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TOI-733b, a rare exoplanet 245 light-years away, may hold the key to understanding the puzzling gap in exoplanet sizes between…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Silicate Clouds on Distant Exoplanet
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Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery, observing silicate cloud features and multiple molecules in…
The Twilight Frontier: Uncovering Alien Life in Unlikely Habitats
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Exploring the “Terminator” Zone Researchers from the University of California at Irvine simulated the climate of various tidally locked planets,…
Astronomers Find Alien World Almost the Same Size as Earth
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An alien planet dubbed K2-415 b has been confirmed by scientists orbiting a star some 72 light-years from Earth. The…
Wolf 1069 b, a Potentially Habitable World 31 Light-Years Away
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To this day, scientists exploring the galaxy have found a little over 5,200 exoplanets in more than 9,000 different star…
James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Existence of Alien World
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For the first time, researchers confirmed an exoplanet—a planet orbiting another star—using the James Webb Space Telescope. Formally classified as…
Giant World 30% More Massive Than Jupiter Found in Deep Space
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The universe is a massive place. It is so big that the human mind has a hard time grasping it….
Astronomers Produce 3-D View of Binary Star-Planet System
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Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a nearby binary star by tracing a small, almost imperceptible wobble in its…
James Webb Just Took an Image of a Planet in Deep Space
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The James Webb Space Telescope is a wonder of engineering. The 10-billion-dollar telescope has already changed the way we look…
Astronomers Find Alien World Completely Covered In Water
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To date, researchers have discovered (and confirmed) a total of 5,071 exoplanets, and another 8,870 are awaiting confirmation. Since 1992,…