"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...

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In 2015, a rare moment of U.S. congressional unity passed the Space Act — to mine asteroids as if they were open seams of ore and harvest planets like unclaimed farmland. Quietly signed by President ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

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Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

A study led by Paolo Padoan, ICREA research professor at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona ...

A sudden flash of light in 2020 caught the attention of astronomers scanning the sky. That brief signal, spotted by Caltech’s ...