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Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary.
- 5,000th confirmed exoplanet at last. After 30 years of exoplanet discoveries, the tally of confirmed alien worlds reached 5,000 this year. Scientists added the new milestone entry to the NASA Exoplanet Archive in March.
- New class of alien planets. In September, astronomers announced that a new type of exoplanet had been discovered. Made of about half-rock and half-water, either in liquid or ice form, the exoplanets were found orbiting the most common stars in the universe.
- Hidden Jupiter-size world. Astronomers and citizen scientists joined forces to discover a mysterious planet the size of Jupiter around an alien star. If their calculations of its orbit are correct, they should be able to see it again in February.
- The alien planet Hulk. A newfound blazing-hot 'super-Earth' is one of the most massive ever discovered, an exoplanet covered in magma with a "year" that only lasts half a day.
Sep 29, 2023 · Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons is the most likely place in our solar system to be home to alien life. Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe....
Apr 15, 2020 · The exoplanet, Kepler-1649c, circles a red dwarf star that lies 300 light-years from Earth, a new study reports. Kepler-1649c completes one orbit every 19.5 Earth days, putting the alien planet...
Jun 23, 2021 · A study finds 1,715 stars that have been in the right position to spot life on Earth, either currently or in the past 5,000 years. The research suggests that hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations could have identified Earth as a habitable or living world long ago.
Learn about the types, characteristics and discoveries of exoplanets, which are planets that orbit other stars. See images, stories and interactive features of these strange new worlds.
Jan 12, 2023 · Super-Earths are the most common type of planet in the galaxy, but much remains unknown about how these mysterious worlds form. Now, in a new study, researchers suggest they may be able to...
