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This discovery paves the way for future ... Mar. 12, 2025 — Scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look ...

Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three ...

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The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

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Careful analysis of a Hubble Space Telescope image indicated that reason for Hale-Bopp's brightness was its exceptionally large size. The nuclei of most comets ... from the outer coma and tails.