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Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

An Earth-like world with heavy clouds might not hide life at all. It could make alien life easier to spot if those clouds carry colored microbes from the planet’s skies. Cornell scientists report the ...

Aliens: Dark Descent may be an underappreciated game, but through the years it has shown to have a strong enough cult following. A new PC mod for the game, called Aliens: Darkest Descent is on the ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.

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Illustration of exoplanet K2-18b. The planet is thought to have a thick gas envelope and no global ocean. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser, CC BY 4.0. For years, astronomers have been excited about ...

Planets without plate tectonics and too little carbon dioxide could mean that technological alien life is rare by Europlanet edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are closely examining a distant Earth-like planet in hopes of uncovering signs of life beyond our solar system. The planet, known as TRAPPIST-1e, ...