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How much longer can Earth support life ?
9-24-2013 |
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Those concerned about the end of the world needn't worry, our planet is likely to last for a long time.
Space probe plutonium reserves running out
9-23-2013 | 5
The fuel needed to send space probes on missions to other planets could run out within ten years.
'Han Solo' photographed on Mercury
9-20-2013 | 41
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has caught an unusual looking shape on the nearest planet to the sun.
Comet impacts can produce the spark of life
9-17-2013 | 48
The building blocks of life could spontaneously appear whenever a comet smashes in to a planetary body.
Alien moons may be too small to support life
9-17-2013 | 1
Astronomers believe that the moons around extrasolar planets may not be good candidates for life.
Alien world has water-rich atmosphere
9-6-2013 | 11
Japanese scientists have identified an extrasolar planet that could be a prime candidate for life.
Life on Earth may have originated on Mars
8-29-2013 | 21
New evidence suggests that life on our planet may have arrived here after first developing on Mars.
Fireball planet orbits star in 8.5 hours
8-20-2013 | 11
A newly discovered Earth-sized world around a distant star completes a full orbit in a matter of hours.
NASA discovers unusual pink exoplanet
8-12-2013 | 18
Astronomers have succeeded in photographing a pink gas giant approximately 57 light years away.
Curiosity celebrates first birthday on Mars
8-6-2013 | 7
The rover celebrated one year on the Red Planet with a lonely rendition of 'Happy Birthday to Me'.
Next Mars rover set to launch in 2020
7-15-2013 | 5
NASA's next Mars rover is aiming to determine whether or not life ever existed on the Red Planet.
Hubble finds blue planet with glass rain
7-13-2013 | 16
In a world first astronomers have been able to determine the true colour of an extrasolar planet.
Planetary protection and life on Mars
6-30-2013 | 8
Scientists have claimed that planetary protection policies are hindering the search for life on Mars.
Russian meteor shockwave circled the globe
6-30-2013 | 5
The huge meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk produced a shockwave that circled the whole planet.
Three new habitable planets discovered
6-27-2013 | 11
Astronomers have identified a distant star system with at least three planets in its habitable zone.
Could space billiards save the planet ?
6-3-2013 | 13
Russian scientists have proposed a novel new way to protect the Earth from deadly asteroid collisions.
Astronomers in China search for alien life
5-26-2013 | 12
Survey telescopes set up in Antarctica are being used by Chinese astronomers to look for alien planets.
Kepler telescope breaks down
5-18-2013 | 18
NASA's highly successful planet hunting orbital telescope has suffered a serious equipment failure.
New 'habitable zone' planets discovered
4-19-2013 | 10
NASA's Kepler mission has found several new potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars.
Water detected in exoplanet's atmosphere
3-15-2013 | 17
Astronomers have conducted the most detailed examination yet of a Jupiter-sized planet's atmosphere.
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