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Colony ship to nearest star only needs crew of 100 to survive
A mission to Proxima Centauri b, the closest Earth-like exoplanet, would take over 6000 years – but you only need a small crew to get started
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Ultrahot planets bust up molecules then rebuild them into clouds
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Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant
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Colossal exoplanet has an enormous comet-like tail of helium
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Distant Jupiter-like world may be the darkest planet ever found
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NASA has launched a new space telescope to hunt for exoplanets
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Mercury’s long-lost cousin found in distant planetary system
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We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk
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Oceans on alien worlds may form when the air explodes in flames
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Have we just found thousands of planets outside our galaxy?
Strange fluctuations in the light spectra emitted from near a quasar could be due to the effect of around 2000 planets flung out of their solar systems
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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life
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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond
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Some exoplanets orbiting red giant stars may just be a mirage
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Stars that devour their planets get brighter and faster
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