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Remnants of oldest known solar system discovered just 90 light-years from Earth
The find provides further evidence that rocky planets were able to form in abundance in the distant past.
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Astronomers spot ‘planet killer’ monster asteroid – largest seen in last eight years
Astronomers have spotted an asteroid in the glare of the Sun that is the largest object to be discovered in the last eight years and is “potentially hazardous” to Earth.
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Earth could be ‘even more habitable’, scientists say after study that changes assumptions about solar system
The Earth could be even more habitable than it is now, according to a major new study that questions central assumptions about the solar system.
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Nasa reveals first ever image of planet outside our solar system taken by Webb telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first direct images of a distant exoplanet, an alien world outside our solar system.
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Scientists are about to discover the weirdest planets in the Universe thanks to Nasa’s Webb Telescope
Exoplanets, worlds beyond our own Solar System, are a wild bunch: some are gas giants like Jupiter, but are scorching hot due to orbiting closer to their star than Mercury does the Sun, some are frozen hulks, while others may be water worlds covered entirely by ocean, and still others may sport clouds and rain of liquid gemstones.
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in Opinion
The 7 most terrifying things in space
From megacomets to rogue black holes, these formidable phenomena make the universe a truly dangerous place.
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in ScienceTo search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets — and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it’s possible to do so
The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe, we just have to find them.
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