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Detected two 'super Earths' in habitable zones
The researchers found that two exoplanets that are nearly eight times the size of the Earth could have liquid water, orbiting stars close to the sun.
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Exoplanets
Discover worlds orbiting other stars, how astronomers find them and what exoplanets can tell us about habitability and planetary systems.
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Discovered new exoplanets in habitable zone
Planet KIC-7340288 b has the right conditions for life to exist, among the 17 newly discovered exoplanets.
The super-Earth planet may contain life
An exoplanet at 111 light-years away could be a large version of the Earth with conditions suitable for life.
An extrasolar planet has a 'rainbow' similar to Earth
A special phenomenon seemingly unique to Earth was suddenly discovered on a distant planet in the constellation Pisces.
Europe launches satellite search for extrasolar planets
CHEOPS satellite is like a telescope, designed to measure the thickness, structure and size of many planets outside the solar system.
Discover 3 extremely rare extrasolar planets only 73 light-years from Earth
We may have discovered thousands of exoplanets, but the system is only 73 light-years away, making scientists extremely excited.
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Strange exoplanet discovered, only as big as Neptune but denser than steel
An exoplanet the size of Neptune and denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers.
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Super Earth discovered with record density
A lead-heavy exoplanet, possibly the leftover core of a giant sphere that flew too close to its sun, has just been discovered.
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Appears like this Earth, habitable exoplanet
According to SciTech Daily, that's a Moon just as big as Earth's Moon.
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NASA captures strange place on Mars: Is this a habitable zone?
A published image from NASA of a multi-layered land mixed with beautiful white and blue colors on Mars may contain an interesting aquifer.
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For the first time discovered something like 'armor of life' Earth in an exoplanet
US scientists have discovered the first direct indication of the magnetosphere of an exoplanet, or planet outside the Solar System.
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New exoplanet discovered around red dwarfs
Scientists found exoplanets the size of Neptune orbiting the star AU Mic, 32 light-years from Earth.
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Do the colors of the exoplanets reveal if they could be habitable?
A team of astronomers from Cornell University in the US has proposed a new way to find out if an exoplanet is habitable.
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'Super Earth' discovered 25,000 light-years away
The newly discovered exoplanet has four times the mass of the Earth, orbiting the star as small as 1/10 of the Sun.
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Super-Earth discovered very close to the solar system
Astronomers found the exoplanet Proxima c orbiting the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, only 4.2 light-years from Earth.
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Discover super Earth covered with precious stones, shimmering in the universe
Researchers have discovered a unique shimmering planet in the universe with surfaces covered with sapphire and ruby.
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Information 'fever' about new orbiting alien planets 'Super Earth'
NASA's Kepler planet-hunting telescope has discovered more than 2,300 extrasolar planets in the universe ever.
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Detecting water on extrasolar planets
Astronomers on April 10 announced they first found evidence of the existence of water on an outer planet of the Solar System - planet HD 209458b.
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Discover exoplanets with yellow skies and iron rain
NASA astronomers found a planet with an unusual atmosphere, called WASP-79b, about 800 light-years from Earth.
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How does NASA telescope search for oxygen on exoplanets?
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside have developed a new technique that will use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to launch in 20…
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Discovered strange 'iron rain' on an exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet far away from the Earth where strange 'iron rain' often takes place.
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'Extraterrestrial' exoplanet discovered as dense as cotton candy
Astronomers found nearly 15 exoplanets in the Kepler 51 star system with a density of less than 0.1 grams of matter per cubic centimeter.
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Nobel Physics 2019 honors discoveries about cosmology and exoplanets
The Swedish Academy of Sciences on October 8 announced the 2019 Physics Prize for scientists James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.
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Look for strange signals from distant exoplanets
A group of astronomers is looking for strange signals from distant exoplanets, or so
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Detecting new exoplanets is twice as large as Earth
Researchers from Canada, the US and Germany have discovered a new planet named Wolf 503b, which is twice as big as Earth, reported IBTimes on September 6.
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The world's largest 'super' camera to hunt for exoplanets
Usually Earth-like exoplanets are quite close to the host star and their photography is extremely difficult because the host star is several times brighter than these pl…