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NASA reveals how it will retrieve a piece of Mars
Apr 18, 2020The Mars sample-return mission will be one of the most challenging interplanetary endeavours ever undertaken.
Kepler data reveals hidden Earth-like exoplanet
VIDEO Apr 17, 2020Scientists have discovered one of the most Earth-like extrasolar worlds ever seen and they almost missed it.
Meet one of mankind's earliest ancestors
Mar 26, 2020Scientists have identified a worm-like creature that thrived on our planet some 555 million years ago.
Could Mercury have once supported life ?
Mar 25, 2020According to a new study, the nearest planet to the Sun may have once been a lot more habitable.
Can humans sense the Earth's magnetic field ?
Mar 22, 2020The results of a recent experiment suggest that it is not just animals that can sense our planet's magnetism.
Planets like Tatooine may actually be common
Mar 16, 2020Planets with two suns like Luke Skywalker's homeworld may be as common as planets orbiting a solitary star.
139 new 'minor planets' found beyond Neptune
Mar 13, 2020Scientists have announced the discovery of 139 new objects situated in the far reaches of our solar system.
Extreme exoplanet sees rains of molten iron
VIDEO Mar 11, 2020Scientists have identified an extrasolar planet with some of the most hostile surface conditions ever seen.
Photos show US Navy dolphins on an airplane
Mar 10, 2020Recently released images show how the US Navy transports its squad of special mine-sniffing dolphins.
11 million Brazilians believe that the Earth is flat
Mar 6, 2020A surprisingly large number of people in Brazil subscribe to the idea that our planet is not what it seems.
Earth was a 'water world' 3 billion years ago
Mar 2, 2020Scientists now believe that the entire planet was covered in water and devoid of continents in the distant past.
Arrokoth rewrites theory of planet formation
Feb 17, 2020New Horizons' encounter with a Kuiper belt object has turned what we know of planet formation on its head.
NASA celebrates 30 years of the 'Pale Blue Dot'
VIDEO Feb 14, 2020This humbling image of our world taken from far away has been honored this week with a modern remaster.
Has life from Earth spread to distant worlds ?
Jan 29, 2020It is often suggested that alien life could have reached Earth on a comet, but what about the other way around ?
World's oldest material is older than the Earth
Jan 15, 2020Scientists have identified the oldest material ever to make it onto our planet - and it even predates the Sun.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
Dec 9, 2019If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Planet found orbiting white dwarf in world first
VIDEO Dec 5, 2019Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
Large fireball UFO filmed over North Carolina
VIDEO Dec 4, 2019This large glowing object was spotted moving across the sky while intersecting the path of a passing airplane.
DB Cooper witness finally shares his story
Dec 1, 2019A passenger who sat near Cooper during his infamous plane heist has spoken out about his experience.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
Nov 26, 2019It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
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