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Oldest known total eclipse footage revealed
VIDEO 6-2-2019 |
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119-year-old footage of a total solar eclipse over the Southeastern United States has been posted online.
'Alien' grain offers clues to early solar system
4-29-2019 | 0
Scientists have discovered a grain of dust left over from a stellar explosion that predated our solar system.
Carbon monoxide detectors could help find ET
3-20-2019 | 1
Scientists have identified a potential new way to detect the presence of extraterrestrial life on distant worlds.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
3-16-2019 | 0
Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
Forget FarOut: FarFarOut has been discovered
2-26-2019 | 13
The discoverer of the most distant known object in our solar system has now found an even more distant one.
New moon discovered in our solar system
VIDEO 2-21-2019 | 2
Scientists have successfully identified an entirely new moon in orbit around the gas giant Neptune.
Distant solar system object 'Farout' discovered
12-18-2018 | 8
Astronomers have identified the farthest known object in our solar system at a distance of 11 billion miles.
Closest ever photograph of the Sun revealed
12-14-2018 | 15
NASA's groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe has taken a close-up shot from inside the Sun's corona.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
11-14-2018 | 19
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
'Oumuamua may be an extraterrestrial solar sail
11-3-2018 | 138
Harvard astronomers have suggested that the first known interstellar visitor could be an alien probe.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
10-16-2018 | 6
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Neptune-sized extrasolar moon discovered
10-4-2018 | 2
Astronomers have found what is thought to be the first confirmed moon in orbit around an extrasolar world.
New dwarf planet 'The Goblin' discovered
10-2-2018 | 8
The important new find also hints at the presence of another, much larger planet in the outer solar system.
Planet-hunting probe finds two new candidates
9-23-2018 | 0
A mere two months after beginning operations, NASA's TESS spacecraft has found two new extrasolar worlds.
Observatory provides update on FBI closure
9-14-2018 | 110
The National Solar Observatory has posted an update on its Facebook page regarding the unusual situation.
FBI mysteriously evacuates space observatory
9-13-2018 | 110
The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico has been shut down by the FBI under mysterious circumstances.
Wind turbines could transform the Sahara
9-7-2018 | 30
In addition to generating huge amounts of energy, wind and solar power could turn the Sahara desert green.
Planet is so hot that even metal evaporates
8-16-2018 | 5
The extrasolar planet known as Kelt-9b is so hot that its atmosphere contains vaporized iron and titanium.
Parker Solar Probe has successfully launched
VIDEO 8-12-2018 | 4
The probe, which is on a daring mission to the Sun, will become the fastest man-made object in history.
Meteorite found in Africa is older than the Earth
8-7-2018 | 14
Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
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