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Discover the Fermi Paradox — why, in a vast universe full of stars and planets, haven't we found extraterrestrial life? Explore the theories behind this great mystery. The universe is vast ...

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A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

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Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...

Credit: Martin Farnir Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully ...