exoplanets
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This strange lava-rich alien planet is making itself a new atmosphere
By Meghan Bartels published
Scientists think they've spied an alien world that lost its atmosphere — then conjured itself a new one.
Extraterrestrial evidence: 10 incredible findings about aliens from 2020
By Adam Mann published
Are we alone in the universe? Many discoveries about aliens in 2020 seemed to increase the prospect of extraterrestrial entities existing.
Scientists think they've detected radio emissions from an alien world
By Meghan Bartels published
Scientists may have detected radio emissions from a planet orbiting a star beyond our sun for the first time.
'Planet Nine' cousin found
By Stephanie Pappas published
An enormous exoplanet found circling a double star 336 light-years away may provide clues to a mystery closer to home: Planet Nine.
Massive supercontinent will form hundreds of millions of years from now
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists are modeling when Earth's next supercontinent phase will begin, and how that could affect global climate.
This bizarre planet could have supersonic winds in an atmosphere of vaporized rock
By Meghan Bartels published
Scientists think they have identified a lava world so dramatic that it might boast a thin regional atmosphere of vaporized rock where it is closest to its star.
An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy, scientists find
By Brandon Specktor published
'Rogue' planets are worlds without suns. Astronomers have discovered one the size of Earth for the first time ever.
Distant alien planets could be turned into dark matter detectors
By Paul Sutter published
A pair of astronomers is advocating a daring new research program: to turn our widening search for life beyond Earth into a hunt for dark matter.
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