Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
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“Super-Earth” in planetary system shedding new light on planetary evolution
An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...
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A giant extraterrestrial 'wave' hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet's climate
Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...
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Earth on the brink? Looking back on nearly two decades of tipping point research
David Armstrong McKay is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex and the lead author of a 2022 paper that ...
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Earth Alone: No Other Planets in Our System
What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth." ...