Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
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- Jan 5
Does the universe have an end – or does it go on forever?


- Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star


- Dec 23, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets


- Dec 18, 2022
Light from outside our galaxy 3x brighter than expected, study finds


- Dec 12, 2022
Amazing interactive map lets you scroll through the universe


- Nov 22, 2022
Astrophysicists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets


- Nov 7, 2022
How big is the universe? Does outer space have an end?

- Nov 7, 2022
Astronomers have identified the oldest star in our galaxy

- Nov 6, 2022
Astronomers discover the oldest star clusters in the universe


- Oct 22, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets


- Oct 12, 2022
Astronomers at MIT find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet

- Aug 22, 2022
Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star


- Aug 16, 2022
Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores


- Aug 10, 2022
Stars determine their own masses


- Aug 5, 2022
Cambridge astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ the first stars of the early Universe


- Jul 22, 2022
Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time

- May 27, 2022
New findings shed light on the origin of our galaxy's supermassive black hole


- May 26, 2022
New discovery about distant galaxies: Stars are heavier than we thought


- May 24, 2022
Planets of binary stars as possible homes for alien life