What is the Hypatia Catalog?
As more and more exoplanets are discovered, with 3,779 confirmed so far plus 2,737 additional candidates, the focus is shifting from merely finding exoplanets to …
As more and more exoplanets are discovered, with 3,779 confirmed so far plus 2,737 additional candidates, the focus is shifting from merely finding exoplanets to …
For the first time, astronomers have caught a baby planet in the process of growing. This isn’t just a newly developing planet, located in a gap …
When it comes to searching for evidence of alien life, the phrase follow the water is often quoted as a guiding principle. All life on …
Nearly 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered so far, orbiting distant stars. One question that has inevitably come up is, how similar are those planets and …
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Rogue planets are free-floating worlds, drifting in space between the stars. A growing number of these odd objects have been discovered in recent years, not …
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