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Scientists have discovered a new planet — and it's really honkin' big!

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Scientists Discover Gigantic New World that Defies Previous Planetary Understanding

By Noor Al-Sibai

Using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers managed to confirm the existence of an exoplanet by taking a picture of it for the first time.

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Scientists Just Took an Actual Picture of a Planet in Another Star System

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have taken what they claim to be the first-ever image of a multi-planet system around a Sun-like star.

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This is the First Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-Like Star

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists may have caught pictures of a planet being born around a young star using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

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Stunning Images Appear to Show a Planet Being Born

By Victor Tangermann

The asteroid Hygiea is actually our solar system's smallest dwarf planet, astronomers determine using Very Large Telescope data.

Scientists Detect the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, astronomers have used a technique known as optical interferometry to study an exoplanet — and it could help in our hunt for aliens.

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New Method Could Help Astronomers Find Life-Supporting Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

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Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Have Launched a New Quest to Take Humanity Beyond Our Solar System

Scientists Have Launched a New Quest to Take Humanity Beyond Our Solar System

By Todd Jaquith

Scientists Find Ancient Gas Cloud That May Be Relic from the First Stars in Our Universe

Scientists Find Ancient Gas Cloud That May Be Relic from the First Stars in Our Universe

By Sarah Marquart