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A Super Speedy Star May Be Streaking Through Our Galaxy

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 10 March 202510 March 2025

Astronomers suggest the star is towing along an exoplanet. The system could be traveling fast enough to escape the Milky Way.

An illustration of seven small planets in front of a red-orange star.
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Anemic Stars Don’t Host Super-Earths

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 August 202427 August 2024

Planetary systems need the right stuff to make planets, and some stars just don’t have it.

A planet with oceans, clouds, and landmasses appears against a black background.
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A Step Closer to Solving the Fermi Paradox

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 May 20249 January 2025

Finding evidence of complex life elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy hinges on locating rocky planets with plate tectonics and a mixture of landmasses and oceans, new research suggests.

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Exoplanets May Support Life in the Terminator Zone

by Alakananda Dasgupta 28 April 202328 April 2023

A new study finds that the intersection between a searing dayside and a freezing nightside could be habitable.

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With MeerKAT, Astronomers Peer at the Possibilities of Radio Imaging

by Santiago Flórez 11 March 202224 May 2022

Stunning images of the center of the Milky Way showcase technology and techniques that may be a starting point for more discoveries.

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Thousands of Stars View Earth as a Transiting Exoplanet

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 July 202110 January 2023

Researchers have identified more than 2,000 stars whose past, present, or future vantage points afford a view of Earth passing directly in front of the Sun, a geometry useful for pinpointing planets.

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Dust Older Than the Sun Sheds Light on Galactic History

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 January 202010 January 2023

A small pile of dust grains older than the Sun brings new evidence about the rate at which stars are born in the Milky Way.

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Wanted for Grand Theft Galaxy: The Milky Way

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 12 November 201910 January 2023

Several dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way were likely stolen from the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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Hunting for Planets Around Old, Anemic Stars

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 August 20193 April 2023

Can a star make planets with 10% of what the Sun had to work with? A synergy between two powerhouse survey telescopes is helping astronomers find that answer.

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The “Yellowball” Catalog and the Citizen Science That Helped Define It

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 26 July 20195 January 2023

The online community of the Milky Way Project citizen scientists helped scientists identify compact star-forming regions now known as yellowballs.

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