Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

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Cecil Navick and Francis Bozon, captured remotely via Obstech, El Sauce Observatory, Chile, 4 May–28 June 2025 Cecil and Francis say: “We chose NGC 6164 because it’s rarely photographed, plus it’s a t

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Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet