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Aliens and civilisations beyond Earth: Pentagon report adds to UFO enigma
Report references 144 incidents since 2004 where US service personnel reported close encounters with unidentifiable aerial objects
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Jupiter, Saturn to come close to each other on December 21 after 397 years
The planets will next come comparably close on March 15, 2080
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Looking beyond for life
The recent announcement of the presence of phosphine - a biosignature - in the upper part of Venus' thick atmosphere has revived the age-old question: Are we alone?
Some planets may have more suitable conditions for life than Earth: Study
Scientists have identified 24 planets outside our solar system that they say may have conditions more suitable for life than the Earth
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Possibility of life on Venus: Remote hope with need for ample caution
A team of astronomers led by Jane Greaves of Cardiff University discovered that the planet has a high concentration of phosphine gas (Ph3)
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Astronomers find potential sign of life high in Venus's atmosphere
Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venutian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is only associated with life
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NASA's planet hunter TESS completes two-year-long primary mission
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, on July 4, finished its primary mission imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey
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Surprising number of exoplanets could host life, new study reveals
Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. According to a new study, other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like planets in the absence of a gas giant like Jupiter.
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Youngest hot Jupitar offers new clues to formation of exotic worlds
HIP 67522 b was identified as a planet candidate by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which detects planets via the transit method
Four Jupiter, Saturn-sized planets around young star discovered: Know more
The star, CI Tau, is located about 500 light years away in a highly-productive stellar 'nursery' region of the galaxy
