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32 alien planets that really existBeyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far.
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'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever': Astronomers capture most detailed ever infrared map of the Milky WayAstronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous dataset contains millions of new objects, and the researchers expect to scour it for discoveries for years to come.
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Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hintsStrange, ultraheavy stars that are rich in barium grow massive by cannibalizing their companions, scientists discover after finally catching these stellar leeches in the act.
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Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope imageA new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.
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Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse? One of the brightest stars in the sky may actually be 2 stars, study hintsBetelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, may have a secret sunlike companion that drives the star’s mysterious six-year-long "heartbeat," new research suggests.
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The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope imageThe Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbor, glows brightly in a new Hubble Space Telescope image with swathes of ionized gas that fuel star formation.
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The James Webb telescope found hundreds of 'little red dots' in the ancient universe. We still don't know what they are.These small galaxies are either crammed with stars or they host gigantic black holes. The data astronomers have collected continues to puzzle them.
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Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planetThe Very Large Telescope in northern Chile imaged a "super-Jupiter" exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. This was the first direct visual confirmation of a world beyond our solar system.
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Scientists confirm that most of the universe is 'darkness and nothing more'Finding the universe's brightness is essential for confirming our theories of what makes up the universe. But to do so, scientists had to send a spacecraft far away from our sun.
