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By Jun 29, 2021
Space

These scientists spent decades pushing NASA to go back to Venus. Now they’re on a hot streak.

Our next-door planet is similar to Earth in size and composition, but extreme conditions made Venus a hellscape. Devoted researchers want to know what caused their wildly divergent paths.
By May 24, 2021
Space

Why aren’t there more super Earth-sized exoplanets? Astronomers think they’ve figured it out.

Mid-sized exoplanets seem to only appear after shedding their atmospheres over billions of years.
By Apr 19, 2021
Space

Astronomers cooked up alien atmospheres in an oven

The secret ingredient is meteorite powder.
By Jan 27, 2021
Space

These 6 exoplanets somehow orbit their star in perfect rhythm

Planetary systems are not supposed to form like this.
By Dec 17, 2020
Space

This alien world could help us find Planet Nine in our own solar system

The gas giant orbits a pair of stars in a far-off system.
By Oct 5, 2020
Space

A deep-space telescope spied an exoplanet so hot it can vaporize iron

It orbits its mega-hot host star almost every three days.
By Sep 11, 2020
Space

A strange dusty disk could hide a planet betwixt three stars

The unique system could teach us about how planets are born.
By Aug 17, 2020
Space

Hubble just captured a lunar eclipse for the first time ever

The act could even reveal how to look for life on alien planets.
By Jun 26, 2020
Space

Astronomers find a pair of ‘super Earths’ in a nearby star system

The discovery comes after two decades of watching one of our closest stars.
By Jun 24, 2020
Space

There should be billions of Earths out there. Why can’t we find them?

A new estimate suggests the Milky Way is home to six billion Earth-like planets. So far, we’ve found just one potential candidate.