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A red dwarf 130 light-years away has just rewritten the rules of space weather. For the first time, astronomers have captured definitive evidence of a massive coronal mass ejection from a star other ...

The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

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A study led by NYU Abu Dhabi’s Space Exploration Laboratory found underground water that turned sand dunes into solid rock, ...

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