Fewer planets on the outskirts of the Milky Way?
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In the vast expanse of the Milky Way, not all regions are created equal when it comes to the distribution…
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New explanation for alien planet formation
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Scientists have unveiled a new explanation for how alien planets form. The research team at the University of Warwick delved…
NASA’s exoplanet bonanza: 5,445 confirmed alien worlds in our galaxy
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NASA, America’s prestigious space agency, has confirmed the existence of 5,445 exoplanets in our galaxy, the Milky Way. In addition,…
New multi-planetary system similar to Tatooine
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Scientists have found a multi-planetary system that they say resembles Tatooine from Star Wars. Think of a circumbinary system as…
TESS Scans the Sky and Finds A Super-Earth and Another Smaller World
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Researchers found two new exoplanets orbiting the nearby star TOI-836 using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Apparently, the newly…
1 to 10 Trillion Planets Exist in the Universe, And There’s a New Method To Detect Them
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The Universe is a pretty big place. In fact, it is so large that we have yet to come up…
Aliens Could Move Planets Into Resonant Orbits to Send Out a Message
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Are we alone in the universe? Probably not. With all the fuss about UFOs in the last few years, it…
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?…
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? Answering this is difficult, given our current technology and measurement of…
3 Strange Objects in the Solar System That You Probably Never Heard About Before
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If we say that Earth is our home, then the solar system is our neighborhood. As far as exploration, humankind…
Astronomers Find a Surprising Number of Exoplanets Could Host Alien Life
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When we look at outer space, we see a vast cosmos. The universe we live in is massive, and its…
Exoplanet Nurseries Revealed In Unprecedented Images of Alien Star Systems
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Astronomers have recently released what is considered the largest collection of sharp, detailed photographs of debris disks surrounding young stars….
Here’s What Sunsets Look Like on Other Worlds in the Solar System
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A new tool developed by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center allows us to see what sunsets look like…
4 Compelling Reasons Why Finding Alien Life is Inevitable
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The first indication of an exoplanet was noted as early as 1917 but was not acknowledged as such until 2016….
As Many as 50 Billion Rogue Planets May Exist in the Milky Way Galaxy Alone
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Astronomers now believe that at least 50 billion rogue planets travel our galaxy without a sun. Nearly three decades ago,…