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Goldilocks zone (KEPLER 1649)

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Goldilocks zone

The Goldilocks zone is the habitable zone around a star in which exoplanets need to exist to make them “just right” for life.

Earth-sized exoplanets around small stars may have intense hurricanes

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Earth-sized exoplanets around small stars may have intense hurricanes

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How many planets have been discovered?

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How many planets have been discovered?

Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

Space

Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

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Astronomers have spotted six possible exomoons in distant star systems

Space

Astronomers have spotted six possible exomoons in distant star systems

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Three exoplanets are close enough for us to see their atmospheres

Space

Three exoplanets are close enough for us to see their atmospheres

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Proxima Centauri

Space

Our nearest star system may have a planet with a colossal set of rings

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Large rocky planet

Space

Monster rocky exoplanet could let us glimpse the heart of Jupiter

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Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

Space

Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

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Iron rain

Space

Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron signature in its atmosphere, suggesting the metal is raining down on the planet's night side

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Space

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

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Space

An exoplanet is generating radio waves from its red dwarf sun

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Space

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

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Space

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

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