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Topic: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

LP 791-18 d, shown here in an artist's concept, is an Earth-size world about 90 light-years away. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KRBwyle))

Are volcanoes needed for alien life?

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We now have a catalog of exoplanets

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