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New way to detect alien life discovered
Jun 17, 2014The powerful new model can help detect life on extrasolar planets more effectively than ever before.
Researchers grow plants on alien materials
Jun 17, 2014The new discipline of 'astroecology' involves growing plants directly in extraterrestrial environments.
Milky Way has 100 million life-giving planets
Jun 9, 2014A group of astronomers has estimated the number of habitable planets in our galaxy for the first time.
Traces of another planet found on the Moon
Jun 6, 2014New evidence seems to confirm that the Earth was once impacted by a planet known as Theia.
Huge 'Godzilla of Earths' discovered
Jun 3, 2014Astronomers have identified a planet in a distant solar system that is 17 times the mass of the Earth.
NASA aims to land humans on Mars by 2035
May 31, 2014The space agency has emphasized that sending humans to the Red Planet is still its primary mission.
NASA planning to grow plants on Mars by 2021
May 10, 2014The space agency's next rover could be conducting its very own planet-growth experiment on Mars.
Hunt for exoplanet ETs poses new challenge
May 2, 2014Finding signs of extraterrestrial life on an extrasolar planet is going to be a lot harder than expected.
Earth struck by big asteroids 'all the time'
Apr 20, 2014Three former NASA astronauts are set to reveal some unsettling data on how vulnerable our planet is.
Kepler discovers most Earth-like exoplanet
Apr 18, 2014Astronomers have located an Earth-sized world within the 'Goldilocks zone' of a distant solar system.
World's most haunted island goes on sale
Apr 16, 2014The Venetian island of Poveglia is considered to be one of the most haunted locations on the planet.
Possible exomoon candidate discovered
Apr 11, 2014Scientists have identified what could be a natural satellite orbiting a planet in another solar system.
Colonization requires at least 10,000 people
Apr 9, 2014A new study has calculated how many people it would take to viably populate another planet.
Could genetics be the key to colonization ?
Mar 29, 2014Scientists may be able to alter our genes to make the human colonization of other planets more viable.
New dwarf planet hints at giant distant world
Mar 27, 2014Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet in our own solar system and it might not be alone.
NASA finds no sign of hypothetical Planet X
Mar 10, 2014Researchers had theorized that a gas giant in the Oort Cloud may have been affecting the orbit of comets.
Double near-miss as two asteroids pass Earth
Mar 7, 2014Over the last couple of days two large recently discovered asteroids have passed close to our planet.
Almost every star hosts an alien planet
Mar 6, 2014Recent studies have revealed that extrasolar planets are extremely abundant throughout the universe.
NASA discovers 715 new extrasolar planets
Feb 27, 2014The record-breaking haul of newly discovered worlds comes courtesy of the Kepler Space Telescope.
New planet hunting spacecraft planned
Feb 23, 2014The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.
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