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Researchers studied the L 98-59 system and confirmed five rocky planets. One is in the habitable zone and may support liquid water.

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The startup principle “fail fast, learn faster” has defined the American space industry for much of the 21st century. The U.S ...

The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid showers will peak after midnight on July 29 and in the early hours of ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary ...

Also headlining the series is Timothy Olyphant, who was a bit more coy about what his bleach blonde mentor character Kirsch is really up to in Alien: Earth. “We’re not sure [what he’s motivated by].

How early missions like Pioneer and Voyager turned spacecraft into time capsules, carrying Earth's story across the stars.

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Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear ...

Noah Hawley, Sydney Jordan and Timothy Olyphant talk about the mutual admiration society they formed on the set of "Alien: ...