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Earth is dotted with humongous, human-made structures that, to an alien eye, may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on.

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The LHS 1903 system defies expectations with a rocky outer planet, prompting new ideas about how planets form and evolve.

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...