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Alpha Centauri, part of the three-star system closet to our own, is often posed in science fiction as humanity's first hop ...
A giant planet may be orbiting the nearest Sun-like star to Earth, and the discovery is sparking excitement across the ...
A NASA telescope has detected its clearest signal yet of a potential Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting around a distant star complex. The system, known as Alpha Centauri, is more than four light-years ...
NASA artist's depiction of an extra-solar system crowded with giant planets. Scientists have found that the presence of gas giants in a solar system is likely to prevent life from forming.
A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. Gas giants may have a rocky or metallic core—in fact, such a core is thought to be required for a ...
But not every gas giant is so lucky; some of them should be too close to their parent stars, where their volatile gas atmospheres are boiled away. Here’s what’s left behind.
Regulatory rollback has opened the door for Ford, GM and Stellantis to sell highly profitable pickups and SUVs for the ...
Giants ace Logan Webb cruised through five innings before the San Diego Padres got to him in San Francisco's 4-1 loss Monday ...