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Could gamma-ray bursts explain the apparent lack of alien civilizations ?
5-2-2024 |
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A type of rare, though extremely energetic and deadly cosmic event is able to wipe out whole planets.
Could we find alien 'dinosaurs' on distant extrasolar worlds ?
11-20-2023 | 10
Scientists have come up with a way to find planets capable of supporting dinosaur-like extraterrestrial creatures.
Giant worlds: how big is the largest planet in the universe ?
8-18-2023 | 0
Jupiter is pretty big, but there are other, much larger planets to be found lurking in the depths of the cosmos.
How the James Webb will help us find life on other worlds
7-20-2022 | 0
Two astrophysicists explore the possibilities of using the new telescope to analyze the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Aliens could use rogue planets as spaceships
6-6-2022 | 29
A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000
3-28-2022 | 0
Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
11-11-2020 | 4
A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Some stars could host seven habitable planets
8-2-2020 | 5
Other stars may be able to host more than our own solar system's solitary habitable world, a new study suggests.
Planets like Tatooine may actually be common
3-16-2020 | 2
Planets with two suns like Luke Skywalker's homeworld may be as common as planets orbiting a solitary star.
139 new 'minor planets' found beyond Neptune
3-13-2020 | 4
Scientists have announced the discovery of 139 new objects situated in the far reaches of our solar system.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
11-26-2019 | 4
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
8-11-2019 | 1
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
6-19-2019 | 18
The 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
6-12-2019 | 28
According 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
4-16-2019 | 10
Scientists have determined that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be capable of supporting primitive life.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
3-16-2019 | 0
Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
10-16-2018 | 6
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
8-18-2018 | 7
Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Planet is so hot that even metal evaporates
8-16-2018 | 5
The extrasolar planet known as Kelt-9b is so hot that its atmosphere contains vaporized iron and titanium.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
6-9-2018 | 8
Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
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