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NASA telescope makes 'landmark discovery' in finding Earth-like worlds

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made a 'landmark discovery' that gets astronomy closer to characterizing Earth-like worlds.

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Astronomers believe there are habitable Eyeball Planets out in deep space

Astronomers believe that deep space may contain thousands of Eyeball Planets, and some may even have the right conditions to host life.

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Scientists discover jaw-dropping space object that simply shouldn't exist

Researchers have discovered an object in deep space that shouldn't exist, and the fact that it does questions our understanding of solar system evolution.

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NASA's Webb hits milestone with a significant discovery in an exoplanet's atmosphere

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been used to analyze an exoplanet's atmosphere, leading to Webb's first discovery of methane.

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NASA's Webb telescope may have explained weird signals coming from a close super-Earth planet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its instruments at a close super-Earth, and its data may answer critical questions about its signals.

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NASA's Webb gets exciting results after scanning atmosphere of potentially habitable exoplanet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has pointed his highly sensitive instruments at K2-18 b, an exoplanet in a potentially habitable zone.

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Astronomers discover weird exoplanet that's as fluffy as cotton candy

Astronomers have discovered a very strange exoplanet called WASP-193b, and while it's 50% bigger than Jupiter, it's as light as cotton candy.

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Scientists discover four world's that are unlike anything else in our solar system

A team of astronomers has used space telescopes belonging to NASA and the European Space Agency to identify four mysterious planets.

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NASA's Webb telescope closes in on major breakthrough in discovering alien life

A team of astronomers have pointed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at an exoplanet and observed water vapor around the distant rocky planet.

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Scientists raise eyebrows at repeating signal from nearby Earth-sized planet

A team of astronomers has detected a repeating signal from a strange Earth-sized exoplanet that is well within our galactic neighborhood.

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Researchers discover intriguing Earth-sized exoplanet close to home

An international team of researchers discovered an exoplanet relatively close to Earth, and it's approximately the same size as our pale blue dot..

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Astronomers discover rare potentially habitable Earth close to our planet

A group of international astronomers have identified an exoplanet that's a rare rocky world that is only 31 light-years from Earth.

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NASA's Webb telescope confirms first exoplanet that's very similar to Earth

NASA has said that its James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed its first exoplanet and that it's almost exactly the same size as Earth.

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Scientists discover weird planet that is very similar to a marshmallow

A team of astronomers have investigated a Jupiter-like world located 580 light years from Earth and found it's quite similar to a marshmallow.

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New class of exoplanets discovered, half 'water worlds' and half rock

Astronomers have found a surprisingly large number of half rock, half water planets orbiting M-dwarf, or red dwarf, stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy.

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NASA's Webb discovers planet 20 times the size of Jupiter near Earth

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to locate a brown dwarf star that orbits two red dwarf stars in Earth's neighborhood.

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NASA's Webb digs for space treasure, takes 1st picture of alien world

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has dug through space treasure to capture its first direct image of a planet outside of the solar system.

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NASA's Webb discovers CO2 on a planet outside of our solar system

NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence for carbon dioxide being present in an exoplanet called WASP-39 b atmosphere.

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New 'Super-Earth' found, potential ocean planet orbiting nearby star

Potentially the first ocean planet, named TOI-1452 b, has been found orbiting the TOI-1452 dwarf star 100 light-years away in the Draco constellation.

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'Super-Earth' exoplanet found in a nearby star's habitable zone

Astronomers have found a Super-Earth exoplanet, named Ross 508 b, orbiting a red dwarf star called Ross 508 36.5 light-years away.

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NASA confirms 5,000 planets exist outside of our solar system

NASA has confirmed that it has discovered 5,000 planets outside our solar system, a milestone it achieved over 30 years.

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'Tatooine-like' planet would have two sunsets for anyone on it

The rare circumbinary exoplanet named Kepler 16-b has been observed by telescopes on Earth for the first time since its discovery.

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Wild exoplanet rains 'liquid gems' and has 'metal clouds'

Astronomers from MIT have observed WASP-121b, a tidally-locked hot Jupiter exoplanet with metal clouds that can rain liquid gems.

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5,700 degrees exoplanet can relate to Earth in one way, scientists say

A new study found similarities between an exoplanet that's 5,700+ degrees in temperature and our little blue dot we call Earth.

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NASA's TESS passes huge milestone for exoplanet observations

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified over five thousand exoplanet candidates, adding to its catalog.

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Experts claim water vapor has been discovered on another planet

A team of experts has claimed that they have discovered water vapor being present in the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet.

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Astronomers found second-ever potential moon beyond our solar system

A new exomoon candidate has been discovered by the Cool Worlds Lab from Columbia University, orbiting the exoplanet Kepler 1708b.

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NASA's planet hunter satellite detects a dark and mysterious object

Astronomers have used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to detect a dark and mysterious object in space.

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First ever magnetic field detected from an exoplanet

A team of astronomers has used Hubble to identify HAT-P-11b, the first extrasolar planet found with evidence of a magnetosphere.

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Almost pure metal exoplanet identified orbiting a nearby star

GJ 367b is a small, extremely dense planet orbiting a nearby red dwarf star, but there is hope for other habitable planets nearby.

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Hellish planet found, one year on the planet is just a few days

A team of astronomers has located a scorching hot, hellish exoplanet where a year on the planet is only really a few days.

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NASA scientists to use 'singing trees' to help get us to a new Earth

A group of NASA scientists is leading a project that will equip trees with 'singing' sensors that will transmit to a spacecraft.

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NASA telescope discovers wild new planet, may have ingredient for life

Astronomers have used NASA's TESS telescope to observe an exoplanet relatively close to Earth. This exoplanet may have water.

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Humanity's place in the universe will change when NASA finds this

A report that happens once every ten years that prioritizes astronomy objectives has called on space agencies to find Earth's twin.

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Hubble telescope images breathtaking galaxy that may have a new world

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a phenomenal image of a galaxy that has the potential to contain an exoplanet.

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One of the youngest exoplanets ever found, rare direct image captured

Astronomers have captured a rare, incredible image of one of the youngest exoplanets ever to be photographed with a telescope.

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'Really clear signals' found of nearby exoplanet that is Earth-like

Researchers have discovered 'really clear signals' of a nearby star system harboring an Earth-sized planet that may support life.

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NASA's new telescope is 'literally revolutionary', will launch soon

The James Webb Space Telescope is approaching its launch date and is being described by officials as 'literally revolutionary'.

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NASA's new 'mind-blowing' telescope may answer the one big question

NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope is 100 times more sensitive than Hubble and is poised to unlock the secrets of the universe.

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We just detected a mysterious exoplanet that has no known 'equivalent'

The European Space Agency has stumbled across an exoplanet that is being described as a planet 'without a known equivalent.'

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Researchers have honed in on a possible habitable Earth 'twin'

Researchers put forward evidence of a possible Earth-like planet after accurate measurements were made using a new spectrograph.

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Astronomers detect unprecedented collection of pulsating red giants

Astronomers have detected an unprecedented collection of pulsating Red Giants using NASA's 'TESS' exoplanet-hunting satellite.

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'Very exciting' exoplanet with more water than Earth discovered

Astronomers have stumbled upon a 'very exciting' exoplanet with more water than Earth and can be seen with the naked eye.

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Aliens from close to 2,000 world's could be watching us right now

Humans have been looking for extraterrestrial life for many years, but have we considered that they might be watching us?

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Astronomers spot Earth-like planet that has a yearly cycle of 378 days

Astronomers seem to have found another Earth-like planet, and this one completes it's yearly cycle in 378 days.

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Researchers spot extremely hot exoplanet that rains iron droplets

The Very Large Telescope has been used to spot a really hot exoplanet that rains iron instead of water.

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26-year old student astronomer finds 17 new planets, one Earth-sized

A student astronomer has miculously found 17 new planets, one of which is Earth-sized.

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New satellite launch to take an unprecedented look at 4,000 exoplanets

A new satellite has been launched into low-Earth orbit and it's designed to examine into 4,000 exoplanets.

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There's water on space exoplanets, but just not a lot of it out there

Scientist know there's water out in space, but just not a lot of it out there.

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Space X-ray observatory snaps gorgeous galaxy cluster images

NASA has released six new images from a space observatory revealing some incredible galaxies and clusters.