It Turns Out That All Stars Don’t Have Planets Orbiting Them
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How many stars are there in our galaxies and the universe, and how many planets are these galaxies home to?…
Exoplanets
Scientists Spot Alien Worlds in Remote Area of the Milky Way
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Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered two new planets in some of the Milky Way galaxy’s most remote solar systems….
Exotic Planets Orbit Pulsars, Lighthouses of the Universe
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A rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar, was found to host the first-ever exoplanet 30 years ago. Now, astronomers believe…
Astronomers Spot Super-Earth Dubbed Ross 508 b Orbiting Its Star’s Habitable Zone
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To date, researchers have discovered 5,035 distant alien worlds, with tens of thousands awaiting confirmation. The rate at which we…
Using Gravity’s Effect on Space-Time as a Gigantic Telescope To Image Distant Alien Worlds
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To date, we have discovered more than 5,000 alien worlds in our galaxy alone. There are thousands of solar systems…
Researchers Find Deep Space Planet That’s Not a Sphere
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Astronomers using three space telescopes were the first to directly detect the tidal deformation of an exoplanet while observing its…
Top Science Priorities for the 2020s: Habitable Alien Worlds, Black Holes, Early Universe
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Once in a decade, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine compose a survey that focuses on priorities,…
Looking for Technosignatures on Distant Alien Worlds is a Must for Astronomers
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The search for alien life has never been more relevant, and the technologies that are gradually advancing promise much more…
Distant Exoplanets May Help Us Solve The Mystery of Dark Matter
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Physicists have proposed using exoplanets as dark matter detectors by monitoring their temperature. According to a study by scientists, the…
Permanent Habitable Zones Found Around Multiple Star Systems Raise Hopes Of Alien Life
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It seems that science fiction writers had it all figured out decades ago. We’ve seen movies where habitable planets have…
Against All Odds: Scientists Find Solar System With Six Suns
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Binary and even trinary star systems have long been considered rather common. Planets under two or three suns are also…
10 Things Your Should Know About Hot Jupiters
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Before the discovery of Hot Jupiters, no scientist had imagined that such exoplanets could exist. Judging by their given name…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Diamond Planet
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The universe we live in is a strange place. Humans, in general, have limited resources and equipment, and that’s why…
New Estimates Suggest There Are Around 300 Million Habitable Planets in Our Galaxy
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Just how big is the universe we live in? This answer is something we are unable to obtain, given our…
Aliens Within 300 Light-Years Can See Our Civilization
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Is there anyone else out there? Are we the only planet in the Galaxy capable of sustaining life? These questions…
The Scientific Exotica Catalog Lists The Most Likely Places in the Universe Where Aliens Could Exist
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Breakthrough Listen is a 10-year-long program dedicated to the search for alien communications. While it is the most comprehensive program…
10 Things You Should Know About ’51 Pegasi B’ the First Extrasolar Planet Discovered by Man
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There are over 200 billion planets in the Milky Way. Moreover, over 100 billion galaxies have been discovered so far;…
Here’s How Trees Can Help Scientists Search For Multicellular Alien Life on Exoplanets
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Whether there is life outside of our planet is an enigma mankind has been trying to unravel for decades. As…
Scientists Identify “Super Habitable” Exoplanets That Are Much Better Suited For Life Than Earth
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Scientists have identified over 24 super habitable planets in the galaxy that are much more suitable for life as we…
6 Fascinating Recent Astronomical Discoveries You Probably Missed
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Mankind is exploring the universe at an incredibly fast pace. Technology has advanced so much in recent years, it has…
Meet “Earth Pi” an Exoplanet That Orbits its Star Every 3.14 days
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The universe is an amazing place. Each day, we seem to learn just how little we know about the cosmos….
Planets Can Form Around Black Holes And They Are Called Blanets
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It’s a strange universe out there. We’ve got moonmoons, which are moons that have moons. We’ve also got ploonets, which…