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On Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, it rains on a regular basis. As with Earth, these rains are the result of liquid evaporating on the surface, condensing in the skies, and falling back to the surface as precipitation. On Earth, this is known as the hydrological...

It is no exaggeration to say that the study of extrasolar planets has exploded in recent decades. To date, 4,375 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,247 systems, with another 5,856 candidates awaiting confirmation. In recent years, exoplanet studies have started to transition from the process...

Astronomers are narrowing the field in their search for a “second Earth.” An international team of researchers has identified the 20 most Earth-like worlds among the more than 4,000 exoplanet candidates that NASA’s Kepler space telescope has detected to date, scientists report in a new...

Scientists hoping to observe new Earth-like planets orbiting the stars closest to our own solar system thanks to gravity lens effect A RARE cosmic event could allow scientists to observe new Earth-like planets orbiting the stars closest to our own solar system. Astronomers will be pointing...

A distant alien world that was potentially on its way into exile in interstellar space was rescued by the gravitational pull of a passing pair of stars, a new study argues. These findings support arguments that close stellar misses help sculpt planetary systems, the researchers...

It’s often said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Whether this I true or not, is a matter of opinion. What we do know is true, is that there is a diamond in space that is bigger than our own planet, Earth. Orbiting a...

A little-known alien world K2-18b in constellation Leo is solid but several times larger.  Astronomers also discovered that it has a companion. “Being able to measure the mass and density of K2-18b was tremendous, but to discover a new exoplanet was lucky and equally exciting,”...