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Is Proxima Centauri home to a second Earth ?
Aug 16, 2016Scientists have allegedly discovered a potentially habitable planet within a neighboring star system.
Solar flares almost started a nuclear war
Aug 12, 2016A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
Solar Impulse completes historic global trip
VIDEO Jul 26, 2016The aircraft, which is powered entirely by the sun, has succeeded in flying around the entire world.
Excitement mounts over Earth-like exoplanets
Jul 20, 2016Scientists have identified two distant worlds which could be ideal places to look for alien life.
New dwarf planet discovered beyond Neptune
Jul 12, 2016Astronomers have identified a previously unknown dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system.
Astronomers find distant planet with 3 suns
VIDEO Jul 8, 2016The newly discovered exoplanet experiences days lasting up to 140 Earth-years thanks to its trio of suns.
Mysterious 'alien' space rock discovered
Jun 16, 2016A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.
'10 planets or more' within our solar system
Jun 15, 2016A Cambridge scientist maintains that there may be far more planets in the solar system than we realize.
New 'Tatooine' planet is largest ever found
Jun 14, 2016Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet in a distant binary star system.
Dwarf planet is third largest in solar system
May 12, 2016Despite being comparable in size to Pluto and Eris, this enigmatic world has yet to even be given a name.
NASA announces discovery of 1,284 exoplanets
May 10, 2016The incredible new haul has more than doubled the total number of known extrasolar worlds to over 3,200.
Three new Earth-sized planets discovered
May 3, 2016Astronomers have identified three new terrestrial worlds around a relatively close 'ultracool' star.
Possible Earth 2.0 found 16 light years away
Apr 20, 2016Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
Cassini samples interstellar dust particles
Apr 18, 2016NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
Mar 31, 2016A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
Mar 29, 2016The case for a hidden gas giant in the outer solar system continues to go from strength to strength.
Search narrows for mysterious Planet Nine
Feb 24, 2016Astronomers in France have managed to narrow down the area in which the new planet could be located.
Atmosphere of distant 'super-Earth' analyzed
Feb 17, 2016For the first time scientists have been able to analyze the atmosphere of a 'super-Earth' exoplanet.
Planet takes 1 million years to orbit its sun
Jan 26, 2016Astronomers have identified what is believed to be the largest solar system ever discovered.
'Strong evidence' in case for 9th planet
Jan 21, 2016Astronomers in the US believe that there could be a large undiscovered planet in our own solar system.
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