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A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

For many years, astronomers have been fascinated by the mystery of exoplanets—those planets located outside our solar ...

Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

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