Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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The solar system is teeming with 1 million 'alien invaders' from Alpha Centauri
The solar system could be packed with 1 million alien visitors, space rocks shaken away from our cosmic neighbor Alpha ...
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New planet named Enaiposha is unlike anything in our solar system
A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...
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Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood
it turns out we have plenty of particles from another star system already here. The closest stellar system to us is the triple system Alpha Centauri. It’s currently creeping closer to our ...
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Beyond our solar system: scientists identify a new exoplanet candidate
In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...
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JWST Finds Its First Carbon Dioxide In Planets Outside The Solar System
The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...
Webb telescope's images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," NASA says
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away
It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...