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There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
By Briley Lewis published
A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
James Webb telescope discovers ancient 'water world' in nearby star system
By Briley Lewis published
The James Webb Space Telescope took its first close look at a "mini-Neptune" — the most common type of planet beyond our solar system — and found signs of water.
For the first time, scientists watched a dying star swallow a planet whole
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers have spotted a bright flash of light from a Jupiter-size world being consumed by its own star in a preview of Earth’s likely fate.
James Webb telescope detects light from a small, Earth-like planet — and finds it's missing its atmosphere
By Briley Lewis published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope measured the temperature of the Earth-like planet TRAPPIST-1b and found that it is too hot for humans and likely has no atmosphere.
How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb a spiral galaxy in the sky this weekend
By Jamie Carter published
Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend.
James Webb telescope spots dust storm raging on a giant planet nearly 20 times the size of Jupiter
By JoAnna Wendel published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.
Deep space 'hurricanes' could point the way to alien worlds
By Stefanie Waldek published
When new planets form in distant solar systems, they carve out 'hurricanes' and 'vortices' in the surrounding dust that could lead astronomers straight to them.
Distant 'hell planet' with diamond core is the victim of a gravitational catastrophe
By Ben Turner published
The planet 55 Cancri e, also known as the "hell planet," appears to have been dragged closer to its sun's equator due to a gravitational anomaly.
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