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Catching a Star's Helium Flash - astroengine.com
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A Planet Like Earth | cosmoscon
3.5 parsecs away

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| | There was an announcement today that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of a planet that is the most Earth-like that has ever been discovered. The planet was given the name Kepler-22b and was discovered using the transit method where the Kepler instruments look for slight dimming of the stars brightness which indicates a...
| | www.space.com
James Webb Space Telescope spies mysterious high-energy radiation in star nursery | Space
2.2 parsecs away

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| | Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered puzzling ultraviolet radiation around young stars in a stellar nursery.
| | www.salon.com
Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets | Salon.com
3.0 parsecs away

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| | Studying planets in other solar systems has challenged notions of how life can develop under harsh conditions
| | www.livescience.com
New image of 'other comet ATLAS' (C/2025 K1) reveals it's breaking apart ahead of close approach to Earth | Live Science
8.6 parsecs away

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| New images show that comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has fragmented after passing its closest point to the sun, ahead of its close approach to Earth later this month. This is not the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.