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NASA just found a planet almost the size of Earth and it's in the habitable zone of a star
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists with NASA announced they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that is likely rocky – and...
Planet in distant galaxy could support life, NASA says
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNASA'S James Webb Space Telescope observed a planet outside of our solar system that might be able...
There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rocky planet orbits a small, red star known as a red dwarf -- the most common type of star in the...
"There’s room for a richer definition": Astronomers debate rethinking what makes a planet habitable
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69b orbiting its host star Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck...
Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe James Webb space telescope.dima_zel/Getty Images Scientists say they observed a planet that may...
Water in space – a 'Goldilocks' star reveals previously hidden step in how water gets to planets...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe star system V883 Orionis contains a rare star surrounded by a disk of gas, ice and dust. A....
2 Dwarf Planets Are Hiding Something Incredible Beyond Pluto’s Lonely Orbit
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 4 months ago2 Dwarf Planets Are Hiding Something IncredibleSouthwest Research Institute The outer reaches of the...
Does another Earth exist? With 26 cameras and 2,000MP, Plato the planet hunter will find out
Digital Camera World via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCredit: OHB In an attempt to find Earth-like planets in the Universe, the European Space Agency...
Sorry, Spock, but planet Vulcan's real-life doppelgänger doesn't exist
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoan illustration of an alien planet orbiting a bright star This is going to disappoint Trekkies...
Tom Stafford: Witt's Fleisch explains 'the Goldilocks Zone' for life on planets
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 24—It's not too hot. It's not too cold. It's just right. And it's why that sweet spot in its distance from a star at which a planet can sustain life is called the Goldilocks Zone. "Our ...