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Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Using updated Gaia and NASA data, the vetted catalog sets near-term targets for telescopes to assess atmospheres and potential surface water.

NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

NASA Confirms Pandora Exoplanet Observatory Is Healthy After Launch, Begins Commissioning

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics From Enceladus’s Ocean in Fresh Plume Grains

Doubts Deepen Over Potential Biosignature on Exoplanet K2-18b