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Astronomers discover nearby, potentially habitable 'Super-Earth'
Oct 23, 2025Situated just 18.2 light-years away, this newfound extrasolar world is in orbit around a red dwarf star.
New form of nuclear propulsion could help to open up the solar system
Sep 17, 2025Researchers in Ohio have developed a new propulsion system that could make traveling to Mars much quicker.
Avi Loeb: latest interstellar visitor may be evidence of intelligence
Jul 20, 2025The space rock, he argues, is extremely unlikely to have arrived in our solar system through nothing but chance.
Mysterious cosmic interloper discovered in our own solar system
Jul 4, 2025Astronomers have identified what is thought to be the third ever example of an object from a distant solar system.
Earth could one day be flung out of the solar system, scientists claim
May 31, 2025A passing star could disrupt the orbits of the planets and cause the Earth to be flung off into deep space.
Astronomers have discovered a new minor planet beyond the orbit of Pluto
May 26, 2025The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
New evidence of elusive 'Planet Nine' discovered by astronomers
May 5, 2025Tantalizing new evidence of this mysterious world has been found courtesy of two deep infrared surveys.
Declassified CIA file describes locations of alleged alien bases
May 3, 2025The document pertains to a secretive remote-viewing experiment designed to gain intelligence on military targets.
A mysterious cosmic phenomenon once engulfed our solar system
Mar 11, 2025Millions of years ago, our solar system stood in the path of a veritable tsunami of gas and dust.
A huge planet-like object may have once barged through our solar system
Jan 20, 2025Scientists now believe that our solar system may have once been visited by something very large indeed.
NASA's Parker solar probe attempts record-breaking flyby of the Sun
Dec 24, 2024The probe is spending Christmas Eve attempting to fly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft in history.
NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to Jupiter's icy moon
VIDEO Oct 15, 2024The spacecraft will be trying to answer some of the most critical questions about Europa and its subsurface ocean.
Overlooked F-type stars could support habitable extrasolar worlds
Oct 8, 2024A new study has highlighted the potential for finding habitable extrasolar worlds around F-type stars.
Avi Loeb: 'we should be looking for interstellar alien space trash'
Sep 15, 2024The Harvard astrophysicist believes that we may find trash from alien civilizations within the vicinity of the Earth.
California firm wants to make the Sun shine in the middle of the night
VIDEO Aug 28, 2024Reflect Orbital is developing a novel new way to generate power by reflecting sunlight onto panels when its dark.
Mercury may be home to a layer of diamond up to 10 miles thick
Jul 27, 2024The smallest planet in our solar system may be hiding a treasure with a value beyond imagination.
James Webb observes potentially habitable 'super-Earth' LHS 1140 b
Jul 10, 2024This relatively nearby world, which is a lot larger than our own, is situated approximately 49 light-years away.
Strange horned 'devil comet' to make closest approach in 71 years
VIDEO Jun 2, 2024One of the most unusual comets in the solar system is due to make its closest approach of the Earth today.
New study offers update on possible detection of life on K2-18b
May 6, 2024Has the James Webb Space Telescope found life on a distant extrasolar world or could there be an alternative explanation ?
Now conspiracy theorists are claiming that our solar system has two suns
May 1, 2024This latest in a long line of ridiculous conspiracy theories is perhaps the most nonsensical one to date.
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