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"This discovery was partly serendipity! But, we believe there are many more such opportunities hidden in Hubble data." ...

The universe is far more than just a vast emptiness,it's an intricate, mind-boggling realm full of surprises. From the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

Thousands of exoplanets have been found, but only a few stand out as truly Earth-like. These 16 may be the most promising homes for future life beyond our solar system.

Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...

Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection ...

A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates. A massive planet ...

Espinoza is a leader in the new massive James Webb Space Telescope study of rocky worlds, specifically to find out if planets ...