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Mysterious objects from other stars are passing through our solar system. Scientists are planning to study them
In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...
Luke Skywalker's planet orbited two stars. How about brown dwarfs instead?
In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...
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Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)
"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...
Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...
Astronomers find ‘strongest sign’ of life outside our solar system
Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another ...
Astronomers detect strongest sign yet of possible life on a planet beyond our own
Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...
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Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say
Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars because they're lighter than ... can help us understand how conditions beyond our solar system may yield planets vastly different from our own ...