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A planet as hefty as Saturn wanders the galaxy in exile
Astronomers have confirmed for the first time with direct evidence that a lone, starless world is actually drifting through the […]
Scientists discover a lemon-shaped planet with something they’ve never seen before
Astronomers have found a strange world outside the solar system that is ripe for science fiction — but it’s all […]
The corpse of a long-dead star surprises astronomers by eating a planet
A dead star core about 145 light-years away in space is doing anything but resting in peace. Astronomers have learned […]
How ‘Alien: Earth’ reinvented the Xenomorph for our planet
As its title suggests, Alien: Earth was always going to bring Alien‘s Xenomorphs to our home planet. So how would […]
A dwarf planet far beyond Pluto might have a paper-thin atmosphere
Scientists have detected methane gas glowing faintly above Makemake, an icy dwarf planet smaller and farther than Pluto in space. […]
Webb scientists wonder if this planet lost then rebuilt an atmosphere
As scientists continue to study a distant star system with seven rocky exoplanets, the odds of finding a livable world […]
These future foods could help the planet, if we can stop being weird about them
We visited London’s Science Museum for “The Future of Food,” a free exhibition that explores the sustainable practices of food […]