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Astronomers discover 'backward' planet orbiting its star in the wrong directionA newly discovered exoplanet orbits its star backward, and it's a mystery why. The system and others like it could shed light on how some complex planetary systems form.
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Astronomers detected radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time. Spoiler alert: It's not aliens.Scientists have found the first convincing direct evidence of radio signals coming out of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. Even if it's not aliens, it could still teach us something big about life in space.
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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seenAstronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far.
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'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first timeAstronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.
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Alien life on nearby 'super Earth' much likelier than we thought, study claimsA recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, raising the chances that it has the conditions to support life.
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'Totally counterintuitive': Scientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets, opening new window in the search for lifeScientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets
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Scientists identify 10,000 'impossible' exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worldsA new study has identified a potentially record-breaking haul of transiting exoplanets, thanks to a machine learning algorithm that analyzed the light curves of more than 80 million previously overlooked stars.
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Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planetsA new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.
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Strange discovery offers 'missing link' in planet formationA decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation.
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