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NASA announces discovery of 1,284 exoplanets
May 10, 2016The incredible new haul has more than doubled the total number of known extrasolar worlds to over 3,200.
Three new Earth-sized planets discovered
May 3, 2016Astronomers have identified three new terrestrial worlds around a relatively close 'ultracool' star.
Possible Earth 2.0 found 16 light years away
Apr 20, 2016Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
Cassini samples interstellar dust particles
Apr 18, 2016NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
Mar 31, 2016A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
Mar 29, 2016The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
Search narrows for mysterious Planet Nine
Feb 24, 2016Astronomers in France have managed to narrow down the area in which the new planet could be located.
Atmosphere of distant 'super-Earth' analyzed
Feb 17, 2016For the first time scientists have been able to analyze the atmosphere of a 'super-Earth' exoplanet.
Planet takes 1 million years to orbit its sun
Jan 26, 2016Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
'Strong evidence' in case for 9th planet
Jan 21, 2016Astronomers in the US believe that there could be a large undiscovered planet in our own solar system.
Earth-like world found 14 light years away
Dec 17, 2015A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Debate rages on over recent 'Planet X' claims
Dec 15, 2015Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
Distant planet has 5400-mile-per-hour winds
Nov 15, 2015Astronomers have been able to map the weather conditions of an extrasolar planet for the first time.
Exoplanet discovery 'most important so far'
Nov 13, 2015A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
Most distant object in our solar system found
Nov 12, 2015Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
Solar wind stripped Mars of its atmosphere
Nov 5, 2015NASA has revealed what processes turned Mars in to the dry, cold and barren world that we see today.
Scientists invent world's blackest material
VIDEO Oct 26, 2015The new material is so completely and utterly black that it absorbs 99% of all the light that hits it.
'Hellish' Io may be home to ocean of magma
Sep 13, 2015Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
Astronomers seek help to name exoplanets
Aug 18, 2015Members of the public have been asked to help determine what to call 32 distant extrasolar worlds.
Astronomers discover distant 'young Jupiter'.
Aug 16, 2015Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
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