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As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the Sun. After the Alpha Centauri system, ...
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than ...
The planets closely orbit Barnard’s Star, zipping around their stellar host in a matter of days, compared with the year it takes Earth to complete one orbit around the sun. The outermost planet ...
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...
A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights ...
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. Astronomers have revealed new ...
Just 150 light years away from us, two white dwarf stars are hurtling towards a gigantic explosion. It is inevitable, but also far in the future.
As Bajaj puts it: "These James Webb Space Telescope data sets are so beautiful." ...
The seven planets in the system closely orbit their star ... a relatively good understanding of the habitable zone around sunlike stars, but ultracool dwarfs are trickier, in part because they ...