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Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
Jun 19, 2019The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
ET 'habitable zone' is smaller than thought
Jun 12, 2019According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
Nearest exoplanet has potential to support life
Apr 16, 2019Scientists have determined that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be capable of supporting primitive life.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
Mar 16, 2019Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
Is Venus really the closest planet to Earth ?
VIDEO Mar 15, 2019In a new study, scientists have worked out that, on average, Mercury is actually closer to us than Venus.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
Oct 31, 2018The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
Oct 16, 2018Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Planet is so hot that even metal evaporates
Aug 16, 2018The extrasolar planet known as Kelt-9b is so hot that its atmosphere contains vaporized iron and titanium.
New planet-hunting telescope begins search
VIDEO Jul 29, 2018NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
Jun 9, 2018Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
'Super Earth' aliens may be trapped by gravity
Apr 23, 2018On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan
Apr 17, 2018A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO Feb 18, 2018A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
Feb 8, 2018Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
Trappist-1 planets are likely to be habitable
Feb 5, 2018It is looking increasingly likely that the Trappist-1 system's seven worlds could be home to alien life.
James Webb Space Telescope completes tests
VIDEO Jan 11, 2018The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Could dust have carried alien life to Earth ?
Nov 20, 2017Scientists believe that interstellar dust streams might be able to transfer organisms between planets.
New Earth-sized extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 16, 2017Situated just 11 light years away, Ross 128 b is shaping up to be a promising place to look for life.
Proxima Centauri may have several planets
Nov 6, 2017Observations of our closest neighboring star have revealed the possible presence of multiple planets.
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