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Discussions on exoplanets cover discoveries from NASA's Kepler mission, including the Kepler-11 system with six planets and the potentially habitable Gliese 581g. Topics also include direct imaging of alien planets and speculative content about metal aliens or Kepler findings. These threads explore exoplanetary science, habitability, and the search for life beyond Earth.
  1. whoosh

    VIDEO An Exoplanet Home to Metal Aliens? | NASA's Unexplained Files

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    • alien exoplanets nasa unexplained files space mystery
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  2. whoosh

    VIDEO Kepler Telescope Found New Planets Better Than Earth

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    • astronomy news exoplanets kepler telescope space discovery
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  3. whoosh

    VIDEO We’re Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is Aliens, But…

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  4. cybercore

    VIDEO Kepler-11

    NASA hails 'amazing' exoplanetary system Six bodies huddled around distant yellow dwarf NASA's Kepler space observatory has spotted an "amazing" exoplanetary system - six planets orbiting a sun-like star some 2,000 light-years from Earth. Kepler-11 represents "the...
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    • astrobiology astronomy celestial bodies cosmos dwarf star exoplanets gravity habitable zone kepler-11 light-year nasa planet candidates planet sizes planetary density planetary system protoplanetary disk space exploration space mission super-earth transit method
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  5. cybercore

    VIDEO Scientists Find What May Be The First Truly Habitable Exoplanet

    Gliese 581g - Scientists Find What May Be The First Truly Habitable Exoplanet The researchers estimate that the average surface temperature of the planet is between -24 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-31 to -12 degrees Celsius). Actual temperatures would range from blazing hot on the side facing...
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    • astronomy astrophysics discovery earth-like exoplanets gliese 581g gravity habitable keck observatory life forms liquid milky way observation planetary system radial velocity research space science star system telescope temperature
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  6. reghakr

    First Direct Photo of Alien Planet Finally Confirmed

    A planet outside of our solar system, said to be the first ever directly photographed by telescopes on Earth, has been officially confirmed to be orbiting a sun-like star, according to follow-up observations. The alien planet is eight times the mass of Jupiter and orbits at an unusually great...
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    • 1rxs 1609 adaptive optics alien astronomy astrophysics atmosphere cosmic exoplanets hot planet imaging infrared observation observatory planet discovery planetary formation research spectroscopy stars telescope young stars
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