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Astronomers have discovered a new planet around a nearby star that is nine times the mass of Jupiter and more than 2,800 times the...
Some exoplanets may have better conditions for life than Earth, says study
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30 years ago: NASA’s Voyager 2 made a historic Neptune flyby
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Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet’s colorful belts
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter's atmosphere are affecting the planet's white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing...
NASA gets a rare look at a rocky exoplanet’s surface
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Scientists discover a naked Earth-sized exoplanet without atmosphere
Scientists have searched a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet for signs of an atmosphere — and found none.
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Mars climate was warm enough to have rainstorms and flowing water in ancient time
A new study of conditions on Mars indicates that the climate 3 to 4 billion years ago was warm enough to provoke substantial rainstorms...
Scientists discover another giant planet in the Beta Pictoris system
Astronomers have discovered a second giant planet in orbit around β Pictoris, a star that is relatively young (23 million years old) and close...
Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star
Scientists, including from Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time.
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