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News Jan. 14, 2021, 9:59 AM

An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought

A super-Earth planet 280 light-years away seems to be about 10 billion years old, adding to growing evidence that rocky planets have existed almost as long as our galaxy. Ancient rocky planets offer further evidence that extraterrestrial life may have existed long before humans. Scientists may have better success looking […]

News Aug. 16, 2019, 10:36 PM

Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for up to a billion years, and they could tell astronomers what will happen after our sun blows up

Astronomers have discovered that dead planets stripped down to their cores can send out radio “broadcasts” for up to a billion years. They plan to listen for these broadcasts with telescopes on Earth in order to find dead planets orbiting distant “white dwarf” stars. Our sun will explode and become […]

US Nov. 17, 2017, 8:50 AM

These newborn planets are two of the youngest we’ve ever detected — and they’re going to help us understand how our solar system formed

Scientists recently detected two newborn...

US Jun. 2, 2016, 10:36 AM

NASA is building a space machine the size of a baseball diamond to discover new planets like Earth

VIDEO: NASA has a radical new way to look for Earth-like planets that could potentially harbour life.

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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought

Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for up to a billion years, and they could tell astronomers what will happen after our sun blows up

We just sent a signal to make contact with aliens on a distant ‘Super Earth’ — here’s what we said

Astronomers have found 7 Earth-size planets circling a dwarf star — and they might harbour life

Astronomers discovered a solar system with 7 Earth-sized planets — and it’s the perfect place to search for alien life

The closest exoplanet to us could be covered with a 200 km deep ocean

Scientists are preparing to search for alien life on what could be our closest Earth-like planet

A landmark discovery just changed how we think about space travel to other worlds

2 of the best places to hunt for alien life just became even more promising

This space telescope just uncovered more than 100 new planets, including a planetary system that might harbour life

These newborn planets are two of the youngest we’ve ever detected — and they’re going to help us understand how our solar system formed

NASA is building a space machine the size of a baseball diamond to discover new planets like Earth

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