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On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Fellowship of the Ring, “Not all those who wander are lost.” But in the case of planets, it’s possible that most of them are.

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In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

Scientists have detected possible biosignature gases in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b -- gases produced only by life on ...

A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There is no other known source.

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...