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exoplanets

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Space

Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a planet

Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star with a patch of metal near one of its magnetic poles, which probably formed when the star devoured a small planet

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Roman Space Telescope

Space

Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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Space

Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually be covered in magma

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Artist's impression of a planet around a red giant star

Space

Strange alien worlds suggest Earth could survive the death of the sun

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The possible view from LHS 3154b towards its host star

Space

Tiny star found harbouring a huge planet that shouldn’t exist

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Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away

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Artist's impression of WASP-107b and its parent star

Space

Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds that rain sand

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How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters

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What would it take to make the most inhospitable planet for life?

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Two giant planets collided and vaporised in a distant star system

A star behaving strangely was the first clue that astronomers were witnessing two Neptune-sized planets smashing into each other, creating a doughnut that may one day birth a new planet and moons

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Space

Aliens on low-oxygen worlds may never discover fire

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Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet

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Distant planet may be the first known to share its orbit with another

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A star has been eating an orbiting planet for 85 years

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