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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.
NASA: we may only have 30 minutes warning that a solar storm is coming
May 16, 2023The space agency has stressed that there may be very little warning that a disruptive solar storm is about to hit the Earth.
NASA is working on a radical new type of propulsion system
Apr 10, 2023Pellet-beam propulsion has the potential to enable a spacecraft to cross the entire solar system within 5 years.
Efforts to obtain data on interstellar visitor plagued with difficulties
Mar 18, 2023A meteor from another solar system landed on Earth back in 2014, but obtaining more information about it has proven challenging.
Distant dwarf planet has its own unique ring system
Feb 10, 2023It turns out that Saturn and the other gas giants are not the only planetary bodies in our solar system to have rings.
Discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter breaks Saturn's record
Feb 9, 2023Jupiter's status as the planet with the most moons in our solar system has now officially been restored.
James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first planet
VIDEO Jan 12, 2023The newly discovered world, which is 41 light-years away, is almost exactly the same size as the Earth.
On Pluto, you can throw a ball higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza
VIDEO Dec 29, 2022A fascinating new video has emerged showing how far it is possible to throw a ball on the other worlds in our solar system.
Searing hot diamond-cored extrasolar world is a veritable 'hell planet'
Dec 12, 2022Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
Avi Loeb claims that there may be a second interstellar object on Earth
Sep 24, 2022Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb and colleague Amir Siraj believe that they have identified another interstellar visitor.
Potentially habitable extrasolar planet discovered
Sep 10, 2022Astronomers have announced that they have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet with the potential to host alien life.
Nearby extrasolar world could be first known ocean planet
Aug 26, 2022Scientists have identified a relatively nearby exoplanet that appears to be made up almost entirely of water.
Aliens could use rogue planets as spaceships
Jun 6, 2022A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
'Gravity telescope' could magnify exoplanets by 1,000 times
May 3, 2022A theoretical new type of telescope could make it possible to obtain close-up views of extrasolar worlds.
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000
Mar 28, 2022Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Is the fabled Planet Nine still out there ?
Mar 22, 2022The potential existence of an undiscovered planet in our own solar system has intrigued astronomers for years.
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