Exoplanets
Against All Odds: Scientists Find Solar System With Six Suns
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January 27, 2021
Against All Odds: Scientists Find Solar System With Six Suns
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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January 24, 2021
10 Things Your Should Know About Hot Jupiters
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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November 12, 2020
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Diamond Planet
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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October 30, 2020
New Estimates Suggest There Are Around 300 Million Habitable Planets in Our Galaxy
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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October 22, 2020
Aliens Within 300 Light-Years Can See Our Civilization
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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October 20, 2020
The Scientific Exotica Catalog Lists The Most Likely Places in the Universe Where Aliens Could Exist
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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October 11, 2020
10 Things You Should Know About ’51 Pegasi B’ the First Extrasolar Planet Discovered by Man
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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October 7, 2020
Here’s How Trees Can Help Scientists Search For Multicellular Alien Life on Exoplanets
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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October 6, 2020
Scientists Identify “Super Habitable” Exoplanets That Are Much Better Suited For Life Than Earth
Scientists have identified as many as 24 super habitable planets in the galaxy that are much more suitable for life…
6 Fascinating Recent Astronomical Discoveries You Probably Missed
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September 26, 2020
6 Fascinating Recent Astronomical Discoveries You Probably Missed
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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September 22, 2020
Meet “Earth Pi” an Exoplanet That Orbits its Star Every 3.14 days
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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August 4, 2020
Planets Can Form Around Black Holes And They Are Called Blanets
It’s a strange universe out there. We’ve got moonmoons, which are moons that have moons. We’ve also got ploonets, which…
Astronomers Find a Surprising Number of Exoplanets Could Host Alien Life
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July 31, 2020
Astronomers Find a Surprising Number of Exoplanets Could Host Alien Life
When we look at outer space, we see a vast cosmos. The universe we live in is massive, and its…
Astronomers Identify Nearby Planetary System Likely to Host Life as We Know It
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July 9, 2020
Astronomers Identify Nearby Planetary System Likely to Host Life as We Know It
Astronomers have identified a nearby planetary system that is likely to harbor life as we know it. The star system…
Astronomers Find Two Super-Earths Orbiting a Red Dwarf Not Far From Earth
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June 26, 2020
Astronomers Find Two Super-Earths Orbiting a Red Dwarf Not Far From Earth
Two super-Earths and a possible third exoplanet have been discovered orbiting a neighboring star, forming the closest known compact planetary…
Six Potential Exomoons Discovered in Distant Solar Systems Raise Hopes of Finding Alien Life
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June 26, 2020
Six Potential Exomoons Discovered in Distant Solar Systems Raise Hopes of Finding Alien Life
A group of astronomers from Western University has reported discovering six potential exomoons in distant star systems in the galaxy.…
Exoplanet Nurseries Revealed In Unprecedented Images of Alien Star Systems
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June 25, 2020
Exoplanet Nurseries Revealed In Unprecedented Images of Alien Star Systems
Astronomers have recently released what is considered the largest collection of sharp, detailed photographs of debris disks surrounding young stars.…
Astronomers Say Over 6 billion Earth-like Planets Exist in Our Galaxy
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June 18, 2020
Astronomers Say Over 6 billion Earth-like Planets Exist in Our Galaxy
Which is greater; the number of sand grains on Earth or stars in the sky? This is perhaps one of…
Astronomers Reveal “Miniature” Solar System and the Youngest Rocky Planets Ever Found
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June 2, 2020
Astronomers Reveal “Miniature” Solar System and the Youngest Rocky Planets Ever Found
Astronomers have reported discovering what is considered a “miniaturized” solar system and another star system home to some of the…
Scientists Hint at Existence of Hidden Biospheres Beneath our Ocean Ridges
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May 19, 2020
Scientists Hint at Existence of Hidden Biospheres Beneath our Ocean Ridges
Although we’ve mapped distant moons in our solar system, and explored planets such as Mars with extreme detail, many of…
Who Says Aliens On Distant Planets Need Oxygen To Survive?
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May 17, 2020
Who Says Aliens On Distant Planets Need Oxygen To Survive?
In other words, aliens shouldn’t have to breathe oxygen. Although humans need oxygen to survive, our planet’s atmospheric layers are…
Distant Solar System is Home to 6 Exoplanets With Nearly-Perfect Rhythmic Orbits
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April 29, 2020
Distant Solar System is Home to 6 Exoplanets With Nearly-Perfect Rhythmic Orbits
88 light-years away, five super-Earth’s, and at least one “mini-Neptune” orbit a Sun-like star. These five planets are locked in…