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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.
New reactive chemical found in the Earth's atmosphere
Jun 4, 2022Known as 'trioxides', these highly reactive chemicals could be contributing to health and environmental problems.
ESA photographs 'claw marks' on the surface of Mars
May 15, 2022These giant 'scratches' on the surface of the Red Planet were captured on camera by ESA's Mars Express orbiter.
'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.
Iowa professor once suggested blowing up the Moon
Apr 19, 2022The act of destroying the Moon was put forward as a way to solve many of our planet's problems.
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.
Could the Earth itself be an intelligent entity ?
Feb 21, 2022A new study has looked into the possibility that our planet is not simply a ball of water, metal and rock.
Geological 'secret passage' found beneath the Earth
Dec 19, 2021Scientists have discovered a previously unknown opening situated 62 miles beneath the planet's surface.
Newfound 'iron planet' has molten metal surface
Dec 3, 2021Astronomers have identified a new extrasolar planet that is thought to be comprised of more than 80% iron.
Never-before-seen mineral found trapped inside diamond
Nov 25, 2021A diamond that originated deep beneath the planet's surface has been found to contain a new type of mineral.
Astronomers may have discovered first known extragalactic planet
Oct 27, 2021Evidence of a planet has been found in a distant galaxy 28 million light years away.
Martian caves could act as radiation shelters
Aug 31, 2021Caves dotted around the surface of the Red Planet could provide a safe haven for future human explorers.
'Hycean' worlds could be home to alien life
Aug 27, 2021Scientists searching for life-bearing exoplanets have identified a new class of potentially habitable world.
Prehistoric woolly mammoth traveled 70,000km
Aug 14, 2021Scientists have identified a mammoth that roamed a distance equivalent to circling the entire planet twice.
Evidence of life on Mars may have been erased
Jul 30, 2021NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered that evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet may have been scrubbed.
Earth has a 'pulse' of 27.5 million years
Jun 24, 2021Many of our planet's most significant geological events have occurred in roughly 27.5-million-year intervals.
NASA is planning two new missions to Venus
Jun 3, 2021For the first time in over 30 years, the space agency will be venturing back to the second planet from the Sun.
NASA pretends to hit Earth with a large asteroid
VIDEO May 2, 2021A planetary defense exercise at the weekend ended up 'destroying' an area of Europe around 100km wide.
Eerie rumbles are coming from Mars' interior
Apr 2, 2021NASA's Insight lander has recently picked up the telltale signs of seismic activity on the Red Planet.
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