Life Did Not Originate on Earth? 2 Billion-Year-Old Asteroid With 'Human DNA' Goes Viral

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...
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Hubble telescope captures rare double collision building planets 25 light-years away

Astronomers finally have the answer to a 20 year mystery. In A Nutshell Hubble Space Telescope captured evidence of two ...

“What the Heck Is This?” – Astronomers Discover Entirely New Type of Exoplanet With Bizarre Atmosphere

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

What Looked Like a Planet Was Actually a Cosmic Crash

What looked like a mysterious exoplanet was actually the sparkling debris from a violent collision between massive space rocks.
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Scientists Find Unprecedented Lemon-Shaped Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

Outer space never fails to remind us just how much we don't know. Astronomers have uncovered a lemon-shaped planet that ...

Using bent light to map complex planetary architectures

With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man's Uncle Ben might have said if he was an astronomer. Or a ...