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Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round?

But that doesn't necessarily mean planets are perfect spheres. "We call them round, but they're not really perfectly round, including our own Earth," Amirhossein Bagheri, a planetary science and ...
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NASA Confirms the Existence of 6,000 Exoplanets, Not a Single One Like Earth

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over ...
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NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.
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We've officially found 6,000 exoplanets, NASA says: 'We're entering the next great chapter of exploration'

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

You Think You Know the Difference Between Planets and Moons. You Don’t.

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...