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Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

The molten exoplanet, larger than sub-Neptune, could be a new class of planet.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

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Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique ...

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The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.