A distant planet seems to have a sulfur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes
Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...
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Fastest Known Planetary System May Have Been Pushed by Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
Fastest Known Planetary System May Have Been Pushed by Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole ...
Skywatch: Go the distance with the Andromeda Galaxy
How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...
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Distant Planet's Sulphur Atmosphere Hints at Volcanoes
Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets : planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to discover new worlds goes ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...
Webb confirms a longstanding galaxy model
Perhaps the greatest tool astronomers have is the ability to look backward in time. Since starlight takes time to reach us, ...
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Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
Our solar system used to have nine planets. Astronomer Mike Brown ... a combination of forces exerted by distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy. But Batygin and his team ran computer simulations ...
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A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our Universe and beyond
The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe – and in any hypothetical ones beyond it – can be estimated by a new ...
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Go the distance with the Andromeda Galaxy
How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...
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I Don’t Want to Live on This Planet Anymore – 5 Great Space Themed Board Games
With these recent heat waves, hurricanes, and the general population, it's clear Earth's days are numbered. Let's explore ...
NASA’s new £2.6bn telescope that's about to look for ‘alien life’ in planets deep in space
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument provides a field of view 100 times greater than the Hubble ...