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Astronomers have spotted an intriguing "super-Earth" that's orbiting its red dwarf star inside the habitable zone.

Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Planet

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA satellite found a bizarre six-star solar system where each of the stars are paired up in gravitationally-bound binary systems.

Astronomers Discover Solar System With Six Stars

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from the University of Kansas have discovered evidence for an atmosphere around an extremely hot exoplanet — that shouldn't exist.

Science & Energy

If the Readings Are Right, There’s Something Very Strange About This Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

A new study outlines a new discovery of a surprisingly young hot Jupiter class exoplanet called HIP 67522 b, some 490 light-years from Earth.

Science & Energy

This Super Young Jupiter-Sized ‘Hot Planet’ is Puzzling Astronomers

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's exoplanet-hunting satellite TESS captured footage of a comet suddenly exploding in a bizarre phenomenon called a comet outburst.

Science & Energy

Watch NASA’s New Footage of a Comet Exploding

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers from Cornell University claim they've found the first potentially habitable "super-earth," an Earth-like planet outside the Solar System.

Science & Energy

Satellite Spots “First Nearby Super-Earth” That Could Harbor Life

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's TESS mission has a new discovery: a small exoplanet named L 98-59b, the tiniest TESS has ever spotted, which NASA says could have its own atmosphere.

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

By Natalie Coleman

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

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

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An Ultra-Rare “Impossible” Planet Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of Space

Have We Already Discovered the First Habitable Exoplanet?

Have We Already Discovered the First Habitable Exoplanet?

By Todd Jaquith

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

By Todd Jaquith

Two Satellites Will Join Kepler in the Search for New Worlds

Two Satellites Will Join Kepler in the Search for New Worlds

By Miguel Santos