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396 results for: exoplanet

  1. Planetary Science

    A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts

    Astronomers have determined the internal composition of a distant, disintegrating planet for the first time.

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  2. Astronomy

    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.

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  3. Space

    The nearest single star to Earth has four small planets

    Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

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  4. Astronomy

    Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope network

    On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents.

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  5. Space

    JWST spots the first known ‘steam world’

    Astronomers have found a world shrouded in an atmosphere of water vapor, orbiting a star 100 light-years away.

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  6. Planetary Science

    Mars’ potato-shaped moons could be the remains of a shredded asteroid

    Phobos and Deimos could have formed from asteroid debris, a new study suggests. An upcoming sample return mission will help test the idea.

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  7. Plants

    Putrid plants can reek of hot rotting flesh with one evolutionary trick

    Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our bad breath and turn it into the smell of rotting flesh.

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  8. Physics

    A weird ice that may form on alien planets has finally been observed

    High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

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  9. Space

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could help solve these 5 exoplanet puzzles

    A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.

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  10. Astronomy

    A nebula’s X-ray glow may come from a destroyed giant planet

    Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

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  11. Space

    ‘Star Wars’ holds clues to making speedier spacecraft in the real world

    Controlled fusion, solar sails or ion engines could someday help spaceships travel between star systems.

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  12. Astronomy

    The universe’s first supernovas probably produced water

    Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

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