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A sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star has been discovered by an international research team. An international research team led by the University of Bern discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet

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New Information about Seasons on a Planet exterior our Solar System

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Consider yourself in a location where the winds are so strong that they move at the speed of sound. That's just one aspect of the

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New Evidence Suggests that Giant Meteorite Impacts Formed Parts of the Moon’s Crust

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A type of destructive event most commonly associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction may have also contributed to the formation of the Moon's surface,

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An Exoplanet in the Shape of a Rugby Ball has been discovered

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An international team of researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS, was able to detect the deformation

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The Kepler Space Telescope Takes a Look at the Population of Free-Floating Planets

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A mystery population of "free-floating" planets has been discovered, planets that may be alone in deep space, unfettered by any home star. The findings, which

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The Moon’s Radiation Levels have been Measured for the First Time

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Space radiation is not the same as the radiation we are exposed to on Earth. Space radiation is made up of atoms that have had

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Astrophysicists have reached a new milestone in their effort to learn more about the heliosphere

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A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists led by Boston University astrophysicist Merav Opher has made a breakthrough in our understanding of the cosmic forces that shape the protective bubble surrounding our

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Scientists have discovered evidence of a gap between the inner and outer regions of the early Solar System

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A “protoplanetary disk” of dust and gas moved around the sun in the early solar system, eventually coalescing into the planets we see today. According

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Companies interested in mining the Moon may now get maps and an ice favorability index according to a new study

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During the California Gold Rush, the 49ers who panned for gold had no idea where they could strike it rich. They only had a word

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Sustained Planetwide Storms Could Have Flooded Ancient Mars’ Lakes and Rivers

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A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is assisting scientists in piecing together Mars' ancient climate by revealing how much rainfall and snowmelt filled the planet's lake