Space
This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we’ve seen so far
We've spotted water vapour in the atmosphere of a distant planet twice Earth鈥檚 size. It's probably the single best place to hunt for alien life that we know of
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We may have seen signs of an exomoon spewing out volcanic gas
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Space
We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow
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Physics
How the coolest, smallest stars could help us discover new exoplanets
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Space
Two planets orbiting a nearby star could have oceans and maybe life
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Space
Three newly discovered exoplanets orbit a star 73 light years away
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Space
Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less
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Space
The weirdest stars we’ve ever seen have astronomers utterly baffled
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Space
Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life
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Space
How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets
Earth's nearest neighbours have turned into uninhabitable hellholes. Understanding their transformation will teach us which rocky exoplanets might be fit for life
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Space
We may be witnessing the birth of an exomoon around a distant world
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Space
Battle of the exomoon: Astronomers can’t agree on controversial find
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Our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet
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Space
Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar
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