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Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

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Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

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Today, science can narrow down potential oil reserves with surprising accuracy — especially when it comes to shale oil, found ...

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Astronomers discovered Gomez’s Hamburger, a massive protoplanetary disk. Edge-on view shows dust and gas layers with clumps ...