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For the first time, astronomers have picked up signs of titanium oxide on a distant extrasolar world.
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Astronomers have identified nine planets from which intelligent aliens could potentially be watching us.
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Researchers in the US have come up with a revised classification system to help categorize our planet.
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Four of the seven planets in the Trappist-1 system are thought to be home to large amounts of water.
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The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
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Two upcoming Mars rover missions will attempt to determine if the Red Planet was once home to life.
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Scientists have uncovered what is now believed to be the largest volcanic region on the planet.
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Astronomers have found an extrasolar world with what has been described as a 'glowing water atmosphere'.
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The new employee will be tasked with, among other things, protecting Earth from alien contamination.
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An asteroid due to pass the Earth in October is to become a target for a planetary defense exercise.
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Astronomers believe that they may have found, for the first time, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet.
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In an interview on his 75th birthday, Professor Stephen Hawking warned of the dangers of global warming.
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For the first time ever, an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense is set to be tested out.
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Astronomers have suggested that there may be more than one mystery planet in the outer solar system.
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ESA is set to launch a new satellite that will seek out potentially habitable extrasolar planets.
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A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
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Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.
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The SpaceX CEO has been working towards his goal of seeing mankind become an interplanetary species.
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At twice the size of Jupiter, KELT-9b experiences temperatures in excess of 4300 degrees Celsius.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a rather unusual feature on the planet's surface.