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NASA鈥檚 next major telescope might see alien oceans and rainbows
The upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory should be able to spot the glint of water on habitable planets, and maybe more
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We鈥檝e found a rocky, temperate planet鈥檚 atmosphere for the first time
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Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes
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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life
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10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data
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Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b
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Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time
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Mars’s gravity may help control Earth鈥檚 cycle of ice ages
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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
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Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets
Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway exoplanets
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Super-low-density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form
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Rare exoplanet alignment set for 2026 鈥� but we are likely to miss it
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Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured
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The essential guide to proving we鈥檝e found alien life
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