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Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought

As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence…

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‘Pebble’ beaches around young stars join together to form planets

A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K.…

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What are dwarf planets, and how many are there?

In 2006, Pluto was famously demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. It remains the most famous dwarf planet…

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Astronomers discover baby planets taking their 1st steps in nearby stellar nursery (images)

Astronomers may have caught the first stages of planets being born around infant stars. The discovery came about when a…

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See the moon rise alongside the giant planets Neptune and Saturn predawn on June 19

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of…

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New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.…

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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: ‘One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we’ve imaged to date’

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of a distant, frigid planet in…

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Our Planet’s Greatest Untold Story — Global Issues

Credit: NOAA Photo LibraryThe third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3), scheduled to take place in Nice, France from 9-13…

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Which planets have rings? | Live Science

When you think of a planet with rings, majestic Saturn almost definitely comes to mind. But it’s not the only…

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Do other planets have seasons?

Every year, Earth follows a familiar pattern of seasonal changes: As summer rolls around in the Northern Hemisphere, winter creeps…

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