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Planet-hunting probe finds two new candidates
Sep 23, 2018A mere two months after beginning operations, NASA's TESS spacecraft has found two new extrasolar worlds.
Dickinsonia is world's oldest known animal
Sep 21, 2018A new study has cast further light on a mystery fossil that scientists say is as 'strange as life on another planet'.
Astronomers discover real-life planet Vulcan
Sep 20, 2018The new planet is located in the same star system as Spock's home world in the 'Star Trek' universe.
Should Pluto be classed as a planet again ?
Sep 9, 2018Researchers have called into question the reasoning behind Pluto's demotion from planet to dwarf planet.
Scientists unlock secrets of the Great Dying
Aug 28, 2018A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Earth may have several orbiting 'mini-moons'
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have discovered that the Moon may not be the only natural satellite in orbit around our planet.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Planet is so hot that even metal evaporates
Aug 16, 2018The extrasolar planet known as Kelt-9b is so hot that its atmosphere contains vaporized iron and titanium.
Rogue planet detected outside our solar system
Aug 4, 2018The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
'Super-Earth' most likely candidate for life
Aug 2, 2018A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
New planet-hunting telescope begins search
VIDEO Jul 29, 2018NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity reaches 170,000ft
VIDEO Jul 27, 2018The third rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo provided its pilots with a spectacular view of our planet.
Lake of liquid water discovered on Mars
VIDEO Jul 25, 2018Scientists believe that they have identified a body of water situated beneath the planet's south polar ice cap.
Twelve new moons discovered around Jupiter
Jul 17, 2018The discovery means that the gas giant has a total of 79 moons - more than any other planet in the solar system.
Uranus was struck by a massive proto-planet
Jul 3, 2018Scientists have found evidence of a collision between the gas giant and an object twice the size of the Earth.
First ever image of a newborn planet revealed
Jul 2, 2018Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have photographed a planet forming around a star.
A space war could make space inaccessible
VIDEO Jul 1, 2018As if space junk wasn't already enough of a problem, a war in space could litter the planet's orbit with tons of debris.
Mars dust storm has encircled the entire planet
Jun 23, 2018The dust storm that left the Opportunity rover out of commission is now classed as 'planet-encircling'.
Mystery glow is due to spinning nanodiamonds
Jun 11, 2018A long-running mystery concerning an unexplained glow in parts of the night sky has finally been solved.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
Jun 9, 2018Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
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