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Another 65 exoplanets have been added to the online NASA Exoplanet Archive, bringing the grand total of known exoplanets to 5,005, the Washington, D.C. space agency has announced.

Two projects in JWST’s first observation cycle will probe the nature of dark matter.

More than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered and 8,709 candidates are still being studied.

Yesterday, astronomers announced that the number of known exoplanets — alien worlds orbiting other stars — has topped 5,000. Five thousand strange, new worlds. Amazing. The odometer clicked over with the addition of a whopping batch of 65 new planets statistically confirmed, mostly from NASA’s K2 mission, an extension of the Kepler space-based observatory’s original mission. 

From planets with metal clouds to sideways glass rains, scientists have discovered over 5,000 worlds outside the solar system with some unlike anything found in our region of space.

NASA has confirmed that there are more than 5,000 known planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

NASA is always on the lookout for new planets.Scientists at the US space agency and other institutions across the globe hope to find habitable exoplan

Rudolph Herzog’s documentary swerves the usual space experts to give an unexpected view of humanity’s efforts to live among the stars, says Simon Ings

In a new study, researchers predict what an alien "Earth" could really look like, and how it could evolve (if one exists).

John Mulaney and Whitney Cummings are both bringing their stand-up shows to Portland this week.