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'Impossible' inside-out solar system discovered by astronomers
2-13-2026 |
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The discovery of a distant solar system with its planets in a seemingly impossible order has been revealed this week.
Mysterious rogue planet discovered in the interstellar void
1-3-2026 | 22
Astronomers have detected an enigmatic free floating planet approximately 10,000 light-years from Earth.
Dark matter could turn giant planets into tiny black holes
8-31-2025 | 3
Dark 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
5-31-2025 | 7
A 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
5-26-2025 | 2
The 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 ?
5-2-2024 | 26
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.
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.
'Gravity telescope' could magnify exoplanets by 1,000 times
5-3-2022 | 3
A 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
3-28-2022 | 0
Over 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
10-27-2021 | 0
Evidence of a planet has been found in a distant galaxy 28 million light years away.
'Hycean' worlds could be home to alien life
8-27-2021 | 0
Scientists searching for life-bearing exoplanets have identified a new class of potentially habitable world.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
11-11-2020 | 3
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.
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