Scientists discover nearby ‘super-Earth’ that could sustain life: ‘There is hope for the future’
UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...
Astronomy breakthrough as ‘Super-Earth’ discovered that’s candidate for alien life
The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...
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An Earth-like planet could be hiding at the edge of our solar system
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
New ‘super-Earth’ found that could host alien life – and it’s six times bigger than ours
Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life.
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'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...
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Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it
On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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Breakthrough as NASA discovers planet 6 times as big as Earth that could be habitable
The new planet, with a mass six times that of Earth's, orbits a star similar to our Sun ... particularly since it is among the closest Earth-analogues we know about and given its peculiar orbit." ...
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it ...
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Today Earth Is Closest To A ‘Solar Maximum’ Sun. So Why Is It So Cold?
Earth will reach perihelion at 09:00 Universal Time on Saturday, January 4, 2025, the closest point to the sun ... On Saturday, our planet at perihelion will be just 0.98333 astronomical units ...
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The Sky This Week from January 3 to 10: Earth’s closest approach to the Sun
Earth reaches perihelion this morning at 8 A.M. EST, when our planet’s not-quite-circular orbit brings us to our closest point to the Sun for the year. On this day, we are just 91.4 million ...