The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the ...
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Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests
A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.
A new research paper, published in the Science Advances journal, has postulated that rocky planets like ours may be far more ...
A highly stylized rendition of our solar system NASA/JPL If someone asked which planet was closest to Earth, you’d be pretty certain — it’s Venus. We measure distances in the solar system in terms of ...
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Giant planet found 690x farther out than Earth is from the Sun
Astronomers have identified a giant planet circling a tiny red dwarf star at a distance so extreme that it sits about 690 ...
The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Daniel Apai receives funding from NASA, Heising-Simons Foundation, Department of Defense, Space Telescope Science Institute, and the University of Arizona, and leads the NASA-funded Alien Earths ...
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