The 45 planets most likely to host alien life, according to astronomers

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...
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Which planets are the youngest and oldest in our solar system?

About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational pull took shape, kick-starting the birth of the sun. But ...
Science Daily

Even JWST can’t see through this planet’s massive haze

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...
Science Focus

We've found a bizarre alien magma planet surprisingly close to Earth

Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of ...
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6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February

NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye. It’s what’s known as a planetary parade, which happens when multiple planets ...
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A rare active volcano on Mars may be causing the whole planet to spin faster

Data from NASA's InSight mission suggests the Red Planet's Tharsis region is more active than previously thought and may be ...

Scientists just discovered a ‘molten planet’ that’s one giant lava ocean and it smells like rotten eggs

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy ...
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Andy Weir on the science of ‘Project Hail Mary'

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Based on the New ...
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Astronomers witness ‘dramatic’ collision of two planets — and they think it’s a replay of how our moon was created

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and they say the fallout could teach us about the formation of our world. The ...
Astronomy

Why don’t planets fall into the stars they orbit?

This is a brilliant question because the notion of an orbit is counterintuitive. We know that massive objects (really, any objects with mass) gravitationally attract other massive objects; Newton’s ...
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6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February. Here's how to spot them

NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye. It's what's known as a planetary parade, which happens when multiple planets ...