Exoplanet
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‘Hell’ planet found with lava oceans, rocky rain and supersonic windsThe planet is called K2-141b, but Star Wars fans have dubbed it 'Mustafar' in a nod to Darth Vader's origin story.TrendingNov 6, 2020
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Plan B? Newly discovered planet is the closest yet to a second EarthA computer ignored the foreign world as a false positive, but scientists took a second look and found a planet similar to our own.TrendingApr 24, 2020
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New Earth-like planet discovered, where a year lasts only 10 daysAt a distance of 11 light-years, Ross 128 b is the second-closest planet to be detected yet outside our solar system with surface temperatures potentially similar to ours.ScienceNov 15, 2017
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Why NASA’s ‘Warm Neptune’ exoplanet atmospheric findings matterResearchers say this is a big step forward in learning more about smaller planets, eventually leading towards studying Earth-like planets.ScienceMay 12, 2017
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Newly discovered planet appears to have right combination to support life, astronomers sayThis new big planet is rocky, like Earth.ScienceApr 19, 2017
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Telescope photographs ring around starA new set of eyes on a telescope is providing astronomers with unprecedented detail of our universe.ScienceJun 5, 2014
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Planet in another solar system blue like usAstronomers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope have found what they believe to be another blue planet out in space.ScienceJul 11, 2013
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