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Anxious to keep from “abandoning the planets to Russia,” 23 top space scientists last week recommended a program designed both to appeal to congressional penny pinchers and to reach the planets.

China announced a bold space agenda including a manned lunar mission, lunar space station, and exploration of habitable planets and extraterrestrial life. The mid- and long-term programme, guiding ...

It’s the ultimate game of find a needle in the haystack. One NASA scientist is betting on AI to help expedite the search through billions of planets.

The unique properties of sub-Neptunes are linked to to musical rhythmic orbits in space, revealing new insights into planetary formation and resonance systems.