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Student-built satellite detects likely merger of neutron stars 3 billion light years away

Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light years away

Astronomers Stunned by Discovery of Colossal Black Hole Jets Spanning 23 Million Light Years

Iron Winds and Fiery Skies: The Bizarre Weather of a Planet 640 Light Years Away

Water Vapor Found in Atmosphere of Ultra-Hot “Saturn” Exoplanet 250 Light Years Away

The sun could capture rogue planets from 3.8 light years away

Webb Space Telescope Captures a Staggering Quasar-Galaxy Merger Billions of Light Years Away

‘Once in a lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away | Astronomy | The Guardian

Modified gravity theory: A million light years and still going

A million light years and still going - EurekAlert

NASA discovers potentially habitable exoplanet 40 light years from Earth

Scientists have discovered an Earth-sized, potentially habitable planet just 40 light years away. Named TRAPPIST-1e, is located in TRAPPIST-1 system and has conditions that might support liquid water and life. The discovery fuels our curiosity and hopes about the possibility of life beyond Earth.

Potentially habitable planet size of Earth discovered 40 light years away

Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet

Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan | Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf

The Milky Way’s Most Massive Stellar Black Hole is Only 2,000 Light Years Away

Swiss space telescope observes exoplanet ‘rainbow’ | The Swiss space telescope CHEOPS has found a type of rainbow on a planet 637 light years away. The observation of a so-called “glory” is likely the first evidence of this phenomenon outside our solar system.

Could Aliens 65 Million Light Years Away See Dinosaurs on Earth?

A planetary system 100 light years away is so stable that the planets' orbits have changed little in a billion years

Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away