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Planet spotted orbiting Barnard’s star just 6 light years away
Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard’s star, one of the sun’s closest neighbours, but it is too hot for liquid water or life
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Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank
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Planet in the ‘forbidden zone’ of dead star could reveal Earth’s fate
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Strange binary star system has three Earth-sized exoplanets
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JWST found rogue worlds that blur the line between stars and planets
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Hellish conditions have warped an Earth-like planet into an egg
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Strange planets could be forming inside dying stars
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A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club
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Why our location in the Milky Way is perfect for finding alien life
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Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet
A nearby planet named Gliese 12 b has an estimated surface temperature of 42°C (108°F), making it a promising candidate for liquid water and maybe life
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Why are there so many rogue planets and what do they look like?
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Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring aliens
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Planet caught in a gravitational ‘tidal storm’ is so hot that it glows
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Billions of stars have swallowed up a planet
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