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Published ESPRESSO and CARMENES discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the sun - ESPRESSO and CARMENES Discover Two Potentially Habitable Exo-Earths Around a Star Near the Sun


Researchers have discovered the presence of two planets with Earth-like masses in orbit around the s ...
Published 'Forbidden' planet orbiting small star challenges gas giant formation theories - Forbidden Planet Orbiting Small Star Challenges Gas Giant Formation Theories


Astronomers have discovered an unusual planetary system in which a large gas giant planet orbits a s ...
Published Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive long enough



The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their...
Published Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist



The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i ...
Published Giant planets cast a deadly pall



Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors aroun...
Published Mysterious mini-Neptunes



This study discovered mini-Neptunes around four red dwarfs using observations from a global network...
Published The origins of dark comets



Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our ...
Published A new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified - A New Tatooine-Like Multi-Planetary System Identified



An international team of astronomers has announced the second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary cir...
Published The planet that could end life on Earth - The Planet That Could End Life on Earth


A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar...
Published 'Closest black hole' system found to contain no black hole - Closest Black Hole System Found to Contain No Black Hole



In 2020, astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just 1000 light-years away in...
Published Scientists on the hunt for planetary formation fossils reveal unexpected eccentricities in nearby debris disk - Scientists Discover Eccentricities in Nearby Debris Disk


Astronomers have imaged the debris disk of the nearby star HD 53143 at millimeter wavelengths for th...
Published A new method to detect exoplanets - A New Method to Detect Exoplanets


In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single 'normal' stars. New rese...
Published Undead planets: The unusual conditions of the first exoplanet detection - Undead Planets: The Unusual Conditions of the First Exoplanet Detection


The first ever exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago around a rapidly rotating star, called a puls...
Published Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water - Astronomers Discover Two Exoplanets That May Be Mostly Water


Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are 'water worlds,' pl ...
Published Global map of lunar hydrogen: Data confirms role water played in moon's formation - Global Map of Lunar Hydrogen: Data Confirms Role Water Played in Moon's Formation



Using data collected over two decades ago, scientists have compiled the first complete map of hydrog...
Published Webb detects water vapor in rocky planet-forming zone


Water is essential for life as we know it. However, scientists debate how it reached the Earth and w...
Published Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths'-worth of star every time it passes


Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth bur...
Published Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets



A carbon monoxide (CO)-runaway gap identified in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets can help expa...
Published SwRI-led team finds evidence of hydration on Asteroid Psyche



Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed hydroxyl molecules on...
Published Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found



Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way gala...