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Earth-like world found 14 light years away
Dec 17, 2015A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Debate rages on over recent 'Planet X' claims
Dec 15, 2015Researchers have identified what could be two new large planets in the outer reaches of our solar system.
Distant planet has 5400-mile-per-hour winds
Nov 15, 2015Astronomers have been able to map the weather conditions of an extrasolar planet for the first time.
Exoplanet discovery 'most important so far'
Nov 13, 2015A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
Most distant object in our solar system found
Nov 12, 2015Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
Solar wind stripped Mars of its atmosphere
Nov 5, 2015NASA has revealed what processes turned Mars in to the dry, cold and barren world that we see today.
Scientists invent world's blackest material
VIDEO Oct 26, 2015The new material is so completely and utterly black that it absorbs 99% of all the light that hits it.
'Hellish' Io may be home to ocean of magma
Sep 13, 2015Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
Astronomers seek help to name exoplanets
Aug 18, 2015Members of the public have been asked to help determine what to call 32 distant extrasolar worlds.
Astronomers discover distant 'young Jupiter'.
Aug 16, 2015Astronomers have identified the smallest ever exoplanet to be directly photographed through a telescope.
Will we ever be able to visit 'Earth 2.0' ?
Aug 3, 2015Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
New report calls for solar storm safeguards
Aug 1, 2015Researchers have revealed that we may only learn of an approaching solar storm twelve hours in advance.
Rocky planet found 21 light years away
Aug 1, 2015Astronomers have discovered a planet that has been described as a 'potential gold mine of science data'.
Aurora discovered outside our solar system
Jul 30, 2015A glow similar to the Northern Lights has been picked up around a brown dwarf star 20 light years away.
NASA announces discovery of a second Earth
VIDEO Jul 23, 2015Astronomers using the Kepler Telescope have found the most Earth-like extrasolar planet ever discovered.
Juno spacecraft to reach Jupiter next year
Jul 19, 2015NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will be arriving in orbit around Jupiter in around 12 months' time.
Mars-like extrasolar planet discovered
Jun 20, 2015Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
Microbes can survive in space for years
Jun 1, 2015New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
Water likely to be common on other planets
May 8, 2015Water-rich asteroids are thought to have brought water to countless other worlds throughout the universe.
NASA steps up the search for alien life
Apr 24, 2015The space agency has formed a new coalition of scientists from a wide range of different fields.
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