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7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same star
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNASA's Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by...
Last Gasp: A Dying NASA Telescope Spotted Three Exoplanets in Its Final Days
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFive years since the Kepler Space Telescope was retired, a team of astronomers believe they’ve found...
NASA's Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAstronomers discovered two mini-Neptunes and a third potential exoplanet in the final data sent home...
NASA telescope reveals 7 new "scorching" planets orbiting distant star
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAstronomers studying data from NASA's retired Kepler space telescope discovered a new system of...
What is the smallest known planet?
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPluto and Charon appear in a composite of natural-color images obtained by New Horizons space probe on July 13 and 14, 2015. Image released July 24,...
Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually...
Aliens Are Out There — But They Probably Don’t Care About Us
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAdvances in astronomy and science make it more clear by the day that, unexpectedly, the math is on...
Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRecent research suggested the first and only moons seen around planets outside the solar system...
Astronomers are watching an exoplanet slowly fall into its star
SYFY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn Lorene Scafaria’s 2012 apocalyptic rom-com Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (now...
Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares'
Space via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoSome stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of...