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Astronomers have revised the mass of nearby exoplanet GJ 3378 b, recasting it as a rocky super‑Earth in the habitable zone ...

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The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, ...

Astronomers have identified GJ 3378b, a super-Earth located 25 light-years away, in the habitable zone of its star, raising ...

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Scientists may have found the strongest hint yet that life could exist beyond Earth, and the focus is not Mars but a distant ...

GJ 3378b could be just large enough and just close enough to its star to host life (Picture: Nasa) Aliens could call a planet about a 282 million-year drive away home, scientists say. GJ 3378b is an ...