In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

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If there's one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it's the "Goldilocks zone." Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more ...