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There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way

On July 12th, 2022, NASA released the first images acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope, which were taken...

A Planet has Been Found Orbiting Two Stars

To date, 5,084 extrasolar planets have been confirmed in 3,811 planetary systems, with another 8,912 candidates awaiting confirmation. ...

Astronomers Find a Waterworld Planet With Deep Oceans in the Habitable Zone

In the search for extrasolar planets, astronomers and astrobiologists generally pursue a policy of “follow the water. ” This...

The Youngest Exoplanet Ever Seen?

According to the most widely-accepted theory by astronomers, planetary systems begin as massive clouds of gas and dust (aka....

NASA Wants Your Help Designing a Starshade to Observe Exoplanets

The field of exoplanet study has come a long way in recent decades. To date, 5,063 exoplanets have...

Tidal Heating Could Make Exomoons Much More Habitable (and Detectable)

Within the Solar System, most of our astrobiological research is aimed at Mars, which is considered to be the...

There Could Be Four Hostile Civilizations in the Milky Way

In 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope at Ohio State University picked up a strong narrowband signal from space....

A new Quantum Technique Could Enable Telescopes the Size of Planet Earth

There’s a revolution underway in astronomy. In fact, you might say there are several. In the past...

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