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How rare are inhabited worlds in the universe? The 'LIFE' space telescope fleet could find out
The LIFE mission would feature four space telescopes acting together to search for biosignatures on rocky planets in the ...
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How Many Rogue Planets Roam the Milky Way?
According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...
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This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.
Empty Skies, Big Answers: What Null Results Teach Us About Life in the Universe
Even if no life is found on other planets, smart survey design and careful statistics can still reveal how rare, or common, ...
Are we alone in the universe? These Mars rocks could finally give us an answer.
The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
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No stars, no planets – 85% of the universe is dark matter, and no one knows how to explain it
It's believed to account for roughly 85% of the universe's mass, yet no telescope or sensor on Earth has been able to track ...
Dark matter could make planets spin faster
Dark matter is a confounding concept that teeters on the leading edges of cosmology and physics. We don't know what it is or ...
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What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
This approach could ultimately provide answers to some heavily debated topics, such as the existence of a "hot Neptune desert," which refers to the strange scarcity of Neptune-size planets in ...
One day we might seed the universe with life. But should we?
Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...
Ancient black holes could be hiding in ordinary objects on Earth
Primordial black holes are ancient mysteries, born in the universe’s earliest seconds. Unlike regular black holes, they weren ...
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...