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exoplanets

The ALMA observatory

Space

Weird binary system spotted with three rings around two stars

Astronomers have stumbled upon a unique binary system with a disc of gas and dust around each star – and then a third disc circling both

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Proxima b

Space

Failed hunt for Proxima b’s star transit leaves us in the dark

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Hypothetical view of an exoplanet with two suns

Space

Giant hidden Jupiters may explain lonely planet systems

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Flattened blue globe

Space

Superfast spinning stars cause strangest weather in the universe

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Gas giant exoplanet in front of star

Space

Puffed-up exoplanets inflate with heat from their stars alone

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Red orb with central yellow band

Space

Here's what colourful clouds on alien gas giants would look like

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planet heading for a yellow sun

Space

Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system

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illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Artist's impression of sunrise on another world

Space

If Earth-like planet Proxima b has life, what might it be like?

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Space

Proxima b: Earth-like planet spotted just 4 light years away

A planet just 30 per cent more massive than Earth orbits in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, which is just 4.25 light years away. How Earth-like is it really?

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Space

Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri

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Space

Venus could have been habitable while life evolved on Earth

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Space

Old planets always get too hot or cold for life in the end

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Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour

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