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Do extraterrestrial auroras occur on other planets?
By Joanna Thompson published
Auroras don't just exist on Earth. Here's what we know about auroras on other planets in the solar system.

'Baby Jupiter' discovered in the process of forming around a star 500 light-years away
By Peter Tuthill, Barnaby Norris published
In new research, scientists have spotted a hot, Jupiter-like gas giant in the process of forming around a star about 500 light-years from Earth.

The Goldilocks zone: The place in a solar system that's just right
By Andrew May published
Reference Discover how finding this habitable zone is essential to uncovered life on other worlds

4th search for aliens near Milky Way's center comes up empty
By Stephanie Pappas published
A hunt for signs of extraterrestrial technology near the center of the Milky Way has found no evidence of alien civilization.

Inside All About Space issue 126: Complete guide to exoplanets
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Inside the latest issue of All About Space is our complete guide to exoplanets where we peer into the most extreme alien worlds and hunt for Earth 2.0.

9 things we learned about aliens in 2021
By Brandon Specktor published
A bombshell UFO report, the "alien junk" in our solar system, and more new clues about extraterrestrial life.

TRAPPIST-1 solar system that's home to potentially habitable planets was not bombarded by rocks like early Earth
By Tereza Pultarova published
Earthlike planets that dance in sync around a nearby dim star couldn't have been bombarded by space rocks in their early formative years like our planet was, a study suggests.

Never-before-seen rocks found in these exoplanet graveyards
By Harry Baker published
Researchers studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs have discovered previously unknown rock types which made up the exoplanets that once surrounded the stellar remnants.
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