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'Impossible' inside-out solar system discovered by astronomers
Feb 13, 2026The discovery of a distant solar system with its planets in a seemingly impossible order has been revealed this week.
Dark matter could turn giant planets into tiny black holes
Aug 31, 2025Dark matter accumulating in the cores of particular large planets could help us to finally confirm its existence.
Earth could one day be flung out of the solar system, scientists claim
May 31, 2025A passing star could disrupt the orbits of the planets and cause the Earth to be flung off into deep space.
Astronomers have discovered a new minor planet beyond the orbit of Pluto
May 26, 2025The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
Could gamma-ray bursts explain the apparent lack of alien civilizations ?
May 2, 2024A 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 ?
Nov 20, 2023Scientists 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 ?
Aug 18, 2023Jupiter is pretty big, but there are other, much larger planets to be found lurking in the depths of the cosmos.
Aliens could use rogue planets as spaceships
Jun 6, 2022A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
'Gravity telescope' could magnify exoplanets by 1,000 times
May 3, 2022A theoretical new type of telescope could make it possible to obtain close-up views of extrasolar worlds.
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000
Mar 28, 2022Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Astronomers may have discovered first known extragalactic planet
Oct 27, 2021Evidence of a planet has been found in a distant galaxy 28 million light years away.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
Nov 11, 2020A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Some stars could host seven habitable planets
Aug 2, 2020Other 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
Mar 16, 2020Planets 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
Mar 13, 2020Scientists 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
Nov 26, 2019It 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
Aug 11, 2019Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
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.
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