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Why real planets are weirder than sci-fi

For decades, science fiction treated alien planets like Earth with a different paint job. This video shows how real exoplanet discoveries changed that, forcing writers to imagine harsher climates, ...
Planets are being born right now, and we can finally see it happening. This video reveals how modern telescopes like ALMA, Hubble, and James Webb are capturing real-time images of protoplanetary discs ...
Scientists have confirmed the existence of an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to the sun. Scientists say they've finally found a world orbiting Barnard's star, the closest ...
Researchers may have discovered a gas giant orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A, and it appears to be in the star's habitable zone. Reading time 3 minutes Exoplanet hunters have had an eye on Alpha ...