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Earth's core formed over a billion years ago
Oct 10, 2015Scientists have revealed new findings about the Pluto-sized ball of iron at the center of our planet.
Elon Musk suggests dropping nukes on Mars
Sep 11, 2015The SpaceX CEO proposed the unconventional idea as a way to terraform the planet for humans to live on.
There are still three trillion trees on Earth
Sep 3, 2015The number of trees left in all the forests on Earth is now believed to measure in the trillions.
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.
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'.
Flowing ice and a red haze found on Pluto
Jul 25, 2015New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern has referred to the planet as a 'scientific wonderland'.
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.
'Mini ice age' predicted within 15 years
Jul 12, 2015Scientists have calculated that much of the planet could soon be plunged in to a decade-long cold spell.
'Pyramid-shaped' mountain found on Ceres
Jun 25, 2015NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified an anomalous structure on the surface of the dwarf planet.
'Pyramid' spotted on the surface of Mars
Jun 24, 2015Eagle-eyed conspiracy theorists have identified what looks like a small pyramid on the Red Planet.
Humans unlikely to ruin hunt for life on Mars
Jun 22, 2015Researchers have concluded that a manned mission to Mars is unlikely to contaminate the planet.
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.
Earth's sixth mass extinction may be underway
Jun 20, 2015With species disappearing in their thousands our planet may be on the verge of a mass extinction event.
Pluto's moons tumble about in absolute chaos
Jun 4, 2015The smaller moons of Pluto are now believed to wobble about unpredictably as they orbit the dwarf planet.
Have we all been drinking dinosaur urine ?
VIDEO May 28, 2015Almost all the water on the planet was, at one point, consumed and then peed out by a dinosaur.
Enceladus' ocean is similar to lakes on Earth
May 11, 2015The subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon is very similar to life-bearing salt lakes on our own planet.
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.
New Horizons spots polar ice cap on Pluto
May 2, 2015The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
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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