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Alcohol-soaked star system could help explain 'why life, including us, was able to form'
By Patrick Pester published
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has detected methanol isotopes around a nearby star, which could help explain why the ingredients for life are present on Earth.

See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope
By Patrick Pester published
New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter.

James Webb telescope spots 'groundbreaking' molecule in scorching clouds of giant 'hell planet'
By Harry Baker published
A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has never been found in any planetary atmosphere to date.

Giant planet discovered around tiny star challenges our best theories
By Skyler Ware published
Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it. The discovery could further challenge theories of planet formation.

James Webb telescope discovers frozen water around alien star
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered to young planets beyond our solar system.

Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
By Victoria Corless published
Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing into space.

Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet k2-18b
By Jess Thomson published
Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most promising sign yet of alien life.
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