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The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth'sSeveral exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.
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James Webb telescope detects alien planet with clouds made of quartzThe exoplanet WASP-17b's atmosphere is full of quartz clouds, according to a new James Webb Space Telescope observations.
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Mysterious signals from 'hell planet' 40 light-years from Earth could finally be solved by James Webb Space TelescopeThe hellish super-Earth '55 Cancri e' may be constantly losing and re-growing its atmosphere, a new study of the planet's strange transit signals suggests.
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James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water worldNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
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James Webb telescope could detect life on Earth from across the galaxy, new study suggestsResearchers have shown that if the James Webb Space Telescope was pointed at Earth from a distant star, it could detect the signatures of intelligent life in our planet's atmosphere.
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Bizarre 'failed star' the size of Jupiter is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sunThis Jupiter-size object is 80 times denser than a planet and hotter than the sun.
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A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of itA gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.
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1st known 'Trojan' planets discovered locked in the exact same orbit around a starA distant Jupiter-size planet could have the shattered remains of a smaller sibling in its tow.
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Star system with galaxy-like 'arms' may be holding a secret planetA distant star system has Milky Way-like spiral arms orbiting it. New research suggests a giant planet may be to blame.
