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Exo-Planet
Our methods of finding planets outside the solar system are still very primitive, but we're now getting a stage where we can start taking photos of them. And doing just that, known as direct imag…
It’s a huge discovery which places the current number of alien planets confirmed close to 3,600. The discovery is important for astronomers to map the solar systems of the Milky Way. Astronomers expl…
Since its discovery in 2016, the exoplanet Proxima b has been one of our most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. Recent news that a powerful solar flare blasted the planet with radiation…
"We are very excited about this discovery. This is the first time anyone has discovered planets outside our galaxy," said Xinyu Dai, professor of physics and astronomy at University of Okla…
Is it a case of nature versus nurture when it comes to two "cousin" exoplanets? In a unique experiment, scientists used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study two "hot Jupiter"…
Alien civilizations are likely to be born in the future — but they’ll get to the universe so late that they could have no idea how it started, scientists say. Earth was one of the first habitable pla…
