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Chemical Hints on a Distant Planet Offer ‘Strongest Evidence Yet’ for Life Outside Our Solar System, Astronomers Say
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...
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Astrophysicist Claims The 'Kármán Line' Separating Earth and Space Moved — Now, It's 12 Miles Closer to Our Planet
Ever since the dawn of the Space Age, humans have been obsessed with boundaries—between planets, between galaxies ...
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A claimed hint of alien life whips up spirited debate
Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.
Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say
Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.
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Extrasolar Planets News
Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...
Where to find the next Earth: Machine learning accelerates the search for habitable planets
A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...
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Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
This allows for efficient global observation of the planet. The James Webb Space Telescope was selected for this work because of its excellent infrared observation capabilities. The team used two ...