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Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

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For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...

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Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth located just 25 light-years away.

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...