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NASA just shared the first image produces by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a satellite designed to help in the hunt for exoplanets.

Science & Energy

See the First Image Produced by NASA’s Newest Planet Hunter

By Kristin Houser

Through a series of experiments, UK researchers identify abiogenesis zones around stars, helping narrow down the list of planets that could form life.

Science & Energy

Scientists Shed New Light on What Life-Producing Planets Require

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

By Claudia Geib

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

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To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

By Claudia Geib

Now Anyone Can Hunt For Exoplanets

Now Anyone Can Hunt For Exoplanets

By Chelsea Gohd

A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation

A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation

By Claudia Geib

It’s Official: Extragalactic Planets Are Real. So What the Hell’s on Them?

It’s Official: Extragalactic Planets Are Real. So What the Hell’s on Them?

By Patrick Caughill

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

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Researchers Determine the Two TRAPPIST-1 Planets Most Likely to Support Life

The Atmospheres of Distant Planets Guide Scientists in the Search for Alien Life

NASA Is Planning the First-Ever Interstellar Mission

NASA Is Planning the First-Ever Interstellar Mission

NASA Discovery Proves That Solar Systems Like Our Own Exist

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

By Chelsea Gohd

A Telescope 100X Stronger Than Hubble Will Unveil Parts of the Cosmos We’ve Never Seen

We Just Discovered One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever

We Just Discovered One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

Mysterious Young Star Systems Are Changing Our Understanding of Planet Formation

Mysterious Young Star Systems Are Changing Our Understanding of Planet Formation

By Chelsea Gohd

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The ExoLife Finder Telescope Could Revolutionize the Search for Life on Exoplanets

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Scientists Have Discovered an Alien Planet That has “Titanium Skies”

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

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There’s a New Possible Explanation for the Weird Light Behavior of the ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers Have Officially Discovered a New Kind of Chemical Reaction

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Researchers Have Officially Discovered a New Kind of Chemical Reaction

By Patrick Caughill

New Study Explains How Some Planets May Never Become Habitable

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New Study Explains How Some Planets May Never Become Habitable

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean

New Evidence Suggests Venus May Have Had an Ocean

The Tectonic Activity of Earth May Be the Key To Supporting Life

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The Tectonic Activity of Earth May Be the Key To Supporting Life

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

The First Targets of the James Webb Telescope Have Been Announced

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The First Targets of the James Webb Telescope Have Been Announced

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA Just Discovered 10 Earth-Like Alien Planets

NASA Just Discovered 10 Earth-Like Alien Planets

Expert: We’ll Find Alien Life in the Next 10 to 15 Years, but It Won’t Be Intelligent

Expert: We’ll Find Alien Life in the Next 10 to 15 Years, but It Won’t Be Intelligent

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers Just Found a Planet They Didn’t Know Was Possible

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Astronomers Just Found a Planet They Didn’t Know Was Possible

The Next Generation of Explorers Might be Tiny, Folding Robots

The Next Generation of Explorers Might be Tiny, Folding Robots

By Neil C. Bhavsar

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NASA Has Released New Images of Trappist-1’s Earth-Sized Planets

See NASA’s Posters For The Landmark Earth-Like Planet Discovery

See NASA’s Posters For The Landmark Earth-Like Planet Discovery

By Patrick Caughill

You Can Help Scientists Find the Next Earth-Like Planet

You Can Help Scientists Find the Next Earth-Like Planet

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Our Neighboring Sun May Actually Not Have Any Habitable Planets

By Kathleen Riley

What Is the Likelihood That Europa’s Oceans Harbor Alien Life? We May Soon Find Out.

What Is the Likelihood That Europa’s Oceans Harbor Alien Life? We May Soon Find Out.

By Todd Jaquith

It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult

It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult

For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

For the First Time in History, We Are Seeing Alien Worlds

One of Earth’s Closest Alien Planets Appears to Be An “Ocean World”

One of Earth’s Closest Alien Planets Appears to Be An “Ocean World”

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A Quick Rundown: The Five Closest Exoplanets That Could Potentially Support Life

By Michelle Lee

Jump-Starting Life in Outer Space: The Quest For Life Beyond Earth

Jump-Starting Life in Outer Space: The Quest For Life Beyond Earth

Kepler’s Latest Batch of Alien Planets Reveals 20 ‘Second Earth’ Candidates

Kepler’s Latest Batch of Alien Planets Reveals 20 ‘Second Earth’ Candidates

Astronomers Discover A Remarkable Planet With Three Stars

Astronomers Discover A Remarkable Planet With Three Stars

By Jelor Gallego

Astronomers Find a Strange System with Two Unique Exoplanets

Astronomers Find a Strange System with Two Unique Exoplanets

By Jelor Gallego

Kepler Helps Discover Five Exoplanets Orbiting Star Similar to Our Sun

Kepler Helps Discover Five Exoplanets Orbiting Star Similar to Our Sun

By Jelor Gallego

Not Long For This World: Astronomers Find Distant Planet Locked in a Death Spiral

Not Long For This World: Astronomers Find Distant Planet Locked in a Death Spiral

By Jelor Gallego

An Alien in Our Solar System: Planet 9 Might Have Once Belonged to Another Star

An Alien in Our Solar System: Planet 9 Might Have Once Belonged to Another Star

By Todd Jaquith

Earth Will One Day Die, But We Could Survive By Moving Here

Earth Will One Day Die, But We Could Survive By Moving Here

By Jelor Gallego

Life Where It’s Least Expected—New Study States Red Giants Can Unlock Life on Frozen Worlds

Life Where It’s Least Expected—New Study States Red Giants Can Unlock Life on Frozen Worlds

By Todd Jaquith

Study Asserts That Earth is Not The First Intelligent Civilization In The Universe

Study Asserts That Earth is Not The First Intelligent Civilization In The Universe

By Todd Jaquith

A Solar System with Three Earths? Astronomers Find a Trio of Potentially Habitable Worlds

A Solar System with Three Earths? Astronomers Find a Trio of Potentially Habitable Worlds

By Todd Jaquith

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

By Todd Jaquith

This Cloaking Device Could Hide Us From Alien Life

This Cloaking Device Could Hide Us From Alien Life

By Sarah Marquart

First Analysis of a Super-Earth’s Atmosphere Reveals Scorching Wasteland

First Analysis of a Super-Earth’s Atmosphere Reveals Scorching Wasteland

By Jelor Gallego

Astronomers Reel in a Haul of Five New “Hot Jupiters”

Astronomers Reel in a Haul of Five New “Hot Jupiters”

By Todd Jaquith

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

By Darwin Batinga

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

By Todd Jaquith

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

By Todd Jaquith

This Broken Space Telescope Still Has Some Fight in It, Finds 100 New Alien Worlds

This Broken Space Telescope Still Has Some Fight in It, Finds 100 New Alien Worlds

By Joseph Libunao

Astronomers find a large swarm of unknown structures in faraway space

Astronomers find a large swarm of unknown structures in faraway space

By Joseph Libunao

The Oldest Planets in the Known Universe

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The Oldest Planets in the Known Universe

By Jolene Creighton

How Many Stars, Planets and Black Holes Are In the Milky Way Galaxy?

From Quarks to Quasars

How Many Stars, Planets and Black Holes Are In the Milky Way Galaxy?

By Jaime Trosper

An Overview of the Strangest Alien Worlds

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An Overview of the Strangest Alien Worlds

By Jolene Creighton