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Space

Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour

Volcanic eruptions could drive furious lightning storms on Kepler-10b, a volcanic exoplanet not much larger than Earth

superhabitable AW

Life

There might be a planet better than Earth – right next door

Juno probe

Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

Illustration of a planet losing its atmosphere

Environment

Stars burn away the atmospheres of close-in super-Earths

Artist's impression of trappist-1 exoplanet system

Space

New exoplanet trio may have been dried out by fiery young star

Physics

Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

Space

NASA recovers prized Kepler space telescope after emergency

The Pleiades star cluster: it might have been the sun's nursery

Space

Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

A desert, with a few stones and dry branches in the foreground and a very bright sun shining in a clear, dark blue sky

Earth

Planets with too much carbon dioxide could lose oceans to space

telescope

Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

John Asher Johnson, who found the smallest exoplanet to date, proves an invaluable guide in his book about one of science's hottest fields

Space

Lonely exoplanet orbits its star at greatest distance yet seen

Earth

How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system’s edge

Life

Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

Space

Public vote renames planets after gods, monsters and scientists