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Artist's impression of a star with two planets transiting across it

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10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has been searching for exoplanets since its launch in 2018, and it turns out it may have found plenty more of them than we had thought

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Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

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Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time

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composite picture of Mars

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Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages

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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century

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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century

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Formation of a ring around an extrasolar planet (artist's impression)

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Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets

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Tauri d compared to Earth

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Super-low-density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

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Rare exoplanet alignment set for 2026 – but we are likely to miss it

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Artist's impression of a free-floating-planet

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Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure?

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Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded

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Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery

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Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation

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General relativity might save some planets from death

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