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Star system forming

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A planet could have been stolen from the solar system as it formed

Stars like our sun formed in a dense cluster with thousands of others, during which time they may have swapped planets

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Red dwarf and planet

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An exoplanet is generating radio waves from its red dwarf sun

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A NASA telescope has found its first habitable Earth-sized planet

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A NASA telescope has found its first habitable Earth-sized planet

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An artist’s visualisation of a planet orbiting star DMPP-2

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We've found six scorchingly hot exoplanets that are over 1100°C

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KW7C4W Exoplanet Exploration - Fantasy and Surreal Landscape. 3D Rendered.

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Pigeons and woolly hats now have exoplanets named after them

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CHEOPS artist's impression

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ESA is about to launch a space telescope to study how planets are made

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Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Life

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

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This artist's concept shows a hypothetical 'rejuvenated' planet,a gas giant that has reclaimed its youthful infrared glow. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope found tentative evidence for one such planet around a dead star, or white dwarf, called PG 0010+280.

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We’ve discovered a planet orbiting an exploded star for the first time

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Exoplanet

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Huge Earth-like worlds could host reservoirs of water deep underground

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Artist's impression of a watery exoplanet

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Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth

Earth is the only planet that we know has life, but it might not be the best one – a thicker atmosphere and slower spin would make a world more conducive to sea life

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An unexpectedly enormous planet is orbiting a tiny star

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Some planets may orbit a supermassive black hole instead of a star

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Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

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This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

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