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Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

JWST placed new limits on planets around Epsilon Eridani and demonstrated an improved technique for spotting faint signals.

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