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We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...
A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...
According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...
Researchers mapping a bubble of superheated gas that surrounds our solar system found a surprise, there is a tunnel that may ...
Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System ... in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ... Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes: More Earth-Like Planets ...
A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Interstellar material has been found within our solar system, but ...
17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar ... in the galaxy, yet are absent from our system.
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
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Earth as a planet
Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...