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Researchers believe to have figured out why it is that some large gassy planets sit oddly close to their parent star

The celestial body is the smallest planet outside the Solar System thus far documented to hold water vapor

Check it out and get ready to impress everyone with your knowledge about our home planet

The measurement was made possible by NASA's Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes

The planet sits at a distance of about 3,000 light-years from Earth, is quite cold

Gravitational microlensing was used to identify this mysterious object

A major milestone, especially since the first was discovered just two decades ago

The planet can be mistaken for a mysterious flying saucer

Explore the night sky, learn the constellations, and much more

The new method can reveal much about a planet's makeup

Non-spherical particles gathering suggests the formation of a baby planet

The storm was similar to the earthly Hurricane sandy, scientists say

Researches reveal an important lack of global atmosphere on the planet

Smart star covers itself in magnesium and peacefully swallows its planet

Russia replaces the U.S. contribution in Martian missions

Martian meteorites show correlation between the Mars' primitive lava and its surface

One of the few alien planets directly captured out of over 800 discovered