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THE planet, which takes just 18 hours to travel round its star, is believed to have a surface covered by graphite and diamond instead of water and granite A “SUPER-Earth” orbiting a nearby star may have a diamond-encrusted surface, scientists believe. The planet, called 55...

The planet, dubbed TOI 700 d, was discovered by NASA’s TESS satellite, and is one of only a few Earth-sized planets discovered in a star’s habitable zone so far NASA has discovered a new Earth-sized planet that could be home to aliens . The planet,...

  A SLICE of celluloid science fiction is now reality after astronomers revealed they have spotted a planet orbiting two suns. The discovery was made by Nasa’s planet-hunting telescope Kepler. Scientists who describe the find in today’s issue of the journal Science are calling the new planet Tatooine...

The plant, dubbed ‘WD 1856 b’ is located a whopping 80 light years away. Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant dying dwarf star. The planet, dubbed ‘WD 1856 b’ is located a whopping 80 light years away. White dwarfs are the incredibly dense remains...

IT COULD be ten times the size of Earth and take 20,000 years to get round the sun. Watch the video about the possible extra planet in the Milky Way. ASTRONOMERS and scientists are very excited about the news of a possible extra planet in...

SCIENTISTS have claimed that massive oceans are hidden up to 1,000 kilometres beneath the surface of Planet Earth. These mysterious bodies of water could even hold lifeforms which are so unusual that some scientists would regard them as aliens. Steve Jacobsen, a researcher at Northwestern...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a supersized version of Earth that could host life on a distant galaxy. The planet, named K2-18b, has been dubbed a rocky “super earth” that orbits a Sun-like star. And it is positioned in a solar sweetspot — making it possible to...

A newly discovered exoplanet the size of Earth has one very peculiar characteristic — it orbits its star every 3.14 Earth days. The research, published in The Astronomical Journal, notes the “pi planet” known as K2-315b is relatively close to Earth at 186 light-years away....

SCIENTISTS have discovered 24 potentially “superhabitable” planets with conditions that may be better for life than Earth. The mysterious worlds are older, larger, warmer and possibly wetter than our planet, making them prime targets for future alien-hunting missions. Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) outlined...

Scientists have discovered new details about a hellish lava planet light-years away from Earth that is unbearably hot, rains rocks and has lava oceans more than 60 miles deep. I know, cue the jokes, but K2-141b, the planet in question, isn’t anywhere near us. The...