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Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory hopes to find out
SPACE.com· 13 hours agoThe search for life beyond Earth dutifully continues. Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray...
Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAstronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for...
Coming in Hot — NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets - NASA
NASA· 3 days agoThese stars are close enough that they could be prime targets for direct imaging searches for...
To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching an 'artificial star' to orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor instance, stellar dynamics like these help us measure the universe's age and how quickly it has...
Goodbye Vulcan: Real-life Star Trek exoplanet doesn’t exist
EarthSky· 7 days agoHD 26965 b, also nicknamed Vulcan after the famous planet in the Star Trek franchise, was thought to...
Life Beyond Earth: Webb’s Spectroscopic Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoThe process is complicated by tiny signal sizes and the need for extensive observation times, making...
Mysterious "Phoenix" world challenges theories of planetary evolution
Newsweek· 6 days agoAstronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet that has managed to retain its atmosphere despite intense nearby radiation from a giant red star. Researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive...
Science Daily· 3 days agoA new study of the dynamics of white dwarf systems suggests that, in theory, some watery planets may indeed thread the celestial needles necessary to await discovery and closer scrutiny. < ...
A Radio Telescope Captured the Noise Humanity Leaks Into Space
Inverse· 5 days agoA radio telescope on its way to the Moon captured a “selfie” of our planet’s radio waves, updating a...