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Rogue planet detected outside our solar system
8-4-2018 |
12
The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
'Super-Earth' most likely candidate for life
8-2-2018 | 60
A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
Twelve new moons discovered around Jupiter
7-17-2018 | 10
The discovery means that the gas giant has a total of 79 moons - more than any other planet in the solar system.
Interstellar visitor may actually be a comet
VIDEO 6-28-2018 | 12
Originally classed as an asteroid, the object known as 'Oumuamua is now believed to be a comet.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
6-9-2018 | 8
Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
Probe to study solar system's protective bubble
6-4-2018 | 0
NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Interstellar interloper found near Jupiter
5-21-2018 | 8
An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
5-18-2018 | 14
A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
Mysterious 'exiled' asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
5-11-2018 | 0
An asteroid from the earliest days of the solar system has been found four billion kilometers from Earth.
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan
4-17-2018 | 4
A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
'Alien visitor' asteroid had a violent past
2-12-2018 | 9
The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
'Ingredients for life' found in meteorites
1-15-2018 | 10
Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
Alien chemistry of the Hypatia stone revealed
1-10-2018 | 6
The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
Visiting asteroid has 'strange organic coat'
12-18-2017 | 15
Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
NASA finds entire solar system like our own
VIDEO 12-14-2017 | 10
The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
Mystery object to be checked for ET signals
12-12-2017 | 60
An asteroid thought to have come from another solar system is to be checked for signs of alien technology.
How close are we to finding Planet Nine ?
10-15-2017 | 4
Scientists have developed a computer simulation that defines the exact orbit and behavior of Planet Nine.
Solid diamonds rain from the sky on Uranus
8-26-2017 | 6
The gas giant is home to one of the most remarkable weather events found anywhere in the solar system.
Mysterious Mars-sized 'Planet Ten' proposed
6-23-2017 | 8
Astronomers have suggested that there may be more than one mystery planet in the outer solar system.
NASA discovers 10 near-Earth size exoplanets
6-19-2017 | 16
Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.
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