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Scientists find planet orbiting sun-like star remarkably similar to Earth — but there's one problem
A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.
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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life
Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.
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How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets
Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...
The planet is estimated to be about six per cent larger than Earth and follows a roughly 355-day orbit, according to the study.
Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.
The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less ...
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