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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.
James Webb to investigate possible signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b
VIDEO Apr 27, 2024A gas discovered in the atmosphere of this distant extrasolar planet is 'only produced by life', say scientists.
Scientists find new evidence of the mysterious Planet Nine
Apr 24, 2024A team of planetary scientists has found new evidence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system.
Total solar eclipse generates series of bizarre conspiracy theories
Apr 8, 2024Today's eclipse should be something spectacular, but it has also been mired in nonsensical conspiracies.
'Super Earth' discovered within distant star's habitable zone
Feb 5, 2024Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable extrasolar planet situated around 137 light-years away.
Could we find alien 'dinosaurs' on distant extrasolar worlds ?
Nov 20, 2023Scientists have come up with a way to find planets capable of supporting dinosaur-like extraterrestrial creatures.
James Webb reveals exoplanet where sand grains fall as rain
VIDEO Nov 16, 2023The planet, known as Wasp-107b, was recently revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The Moon may be 40 million years older than previously thought
Oct 23, 2023A new analysis of samples collected during the Apollo 17 mission has raised new questions about the age of the Moon.
Alternative theory of gravity could explain evidence of Planet Nine
Oct 16, 2023Orbital inconsistancies indicative of a mysterious hidden planet in our solar system may have an alternative explanation.
Possible hints of alien life found on K2-18b - how excited should we be ?
Sep 18, 2023The James Webb Space Telescope's latest discovery is significant, but have we really found life on an alien world ?
Is there an alien planet hiding at the edge of our solar system ?
Jun 30, 2023Astronomers believe that there is a small chance that a rogue planet could have been 'captured' by the Sun's gravity.
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