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A planet outside the solar system

An artist's illustration of the Kepler 11 solar system featuring a Sun-like star and six planets. Telescopes designed to search for planets are finding more and more worlds with a chance of discovering life, including over 50% of the potential planets in the habitable zone. NASA's chief scientist said that "strong evidence" of extraterrestrial life will be discovered within a few years

NASA scientist "In 20-30 years we will be able to discover life in space, but not necessarily intelligent (video)

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An artist's rendering of the Tao Seti system. Image: University of Hertfordshire

The Dust Ring of Neighbors / Ken Croswell

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A planet from another galaxy (right) and its star (left), the yellowish star HIP 13044 in the lower right and its planet HIP 13044 b. This solar system is a remnant of a dwarf galaxy that was engulfed by the Milky Way billions of years ago. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

A planet without a galaxy

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Artist's impression of the planet WASP-12b being devoured by its parent star. Image: NASA, European Space Agency and J. Bacon of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).

Hubble watched the sun "eating" the planet surrounding it

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