Tiny Mars's big impact on Earth's climate: How the red planet's pull shapes ice ages

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...
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It’s official—NASA confirms a super-Earth 137 light-years away in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star

Data from the Kepler project has confirmed a new world that fulfills the telescope's goal of locating Earth-sized planets ...

Astronomers Are Finding Earth-Like Planets. Which Ones Might Harbor Alien Life?

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
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Second potentially habitable Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star

A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world. The celestial body is ...
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Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs

White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like our Sun. NASA/R. Ciardullo (PSU)/H. Bond (STScI) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when ...
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Planet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found

A world seen orbiting a 3-million-year-old star about 520 light years from Earth is one of the youngest known planets, offering a window into early planet formation. The star is an early-stage dwarf ...
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Strange worlds: Planets are forming in ways we didn’t anticipate

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...