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Secretive X-37B space plane launches again
Sep 8, 2017The mysterious unmanned shuttle has embarked on yet another mission that nobody knows anything about.
Four Trappist-1 planets are likely to have water
VIDEO Aug 31, 2017Four of the seven planets in the Trappist-1 system are thought to be home to large amounts of water.
Three-mile-wide asteroid to pass by the Earth
VIDEO Aug 20, 2017The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
Mars rovers to focus on the search for life
Aug 18, 2017Two upcoming Mars rover missions will attempt to determine if the Red Planet was once home to life.
91 volcanoes discovered beneath Antarctic ice
Aug 13, 2017Scientists have uncovered what is now believed to be the largest volcanic region on the planet.
Asteroid flyby to help test planetary defense
VIDEO Jul 31, 2017An asteroid due to pass the Earth in October is to become a target for a planetary defense exercise.
First extrasolar moon potentially discovered
Jul 28, 2017Astronomers believe that they may have found, for the first time, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet.
Hawking: 'Trump could turn Earth in to Venus'
Jul 5, 2017In an interview on his 75th birthday, Professor Stephen Hawking warned of the dangers of global warming.
NASA to launch asteroid deflection mission
VIDEO Jul 2, 2017For the first time ever, an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense is set to be tested out.
Mysterious Mars-sized 'Planet Ten' proposed
Jun 23, 2017Astronomers have suggested that there may be more than one mystery planet in the outer solar system.
PLATO mission to hunt for Earth-like worlds
Jun 22, 2017ESA is set to launch a new satellite that will seek out potentially habitable extrasolar planets.
Intense volcanism gave rise to the dinosaurs
Jun 20, 2017A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
Scientists find hottest known extrasolar world
Jun 5, 2017At twice the size of Jupiter, KELT-9b experiences temperatures in excess of 4300 degrees Celsius.
Mystery hole spotted at the south pole of Mars
Jun 5, 2017NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a rather unusual feature on the planet's surface.
Mars was Earth-like for over 700,000 years
VIDEO Jun 3, 2017Data collected by the Curiosity rover has suggested that Mars could have supported life for a very long time.
Exoplanet Proxima b has a 'stable climate'
May 16, 2017Scientists have been trying to work out what the weather might be like on this recently discovered world.
Clouds, water vapor found on exoplanet
May 14, 2017Astronomers have been analyzing the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet located 430 light years away.
X-37B returns after two-year secret mission
May 7, 2017The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has landed in Florida after spending nearly two years in orbit.
Distant 'ice ball' exoplanet discovered
VIDEO Apr 28, 2017Scientists have announced the discovery of a freezing Earth-mass world 13,000 light years away.
Plastic-eating caterpillar could aid disposal
Apr 26, 2017A species of caterpillar known to eat wax inside beehives has been found to eat plastic bags as well.
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