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Stunning image shows ISS in front of the Sun
Jul 19, 2019NASA has released a breathtaking photograph showing the space station silhouetted against our solar neighbor.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
Jun 19, 2019The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
Earth may be vulnerable to solar superflares
Jun 14, 2019Scientists now believe that our Sun is capable of producing a type of powerful and disruptive 'superflare'.
ET 'habitable zone' is smaller than thought
Jun 12, 2019According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
Oldest known total eclipse footage revealed
VIDEO Jun 2, 2019119-year-old footage of a total solar eclipse over the Southeastern United States has been posted online.
'Alien' grain offers clues to early solar system
Apr 29, 2019Scientists have discovered a grain of dust left over from a stellar explosion that predated our solar system.
Carbon monoxide detectors could help find ET
Mar 20, 2019Scientists have identified a potential new way to detect the presence of extraterrestrial life on distant worlds.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
Mar 16, 2019Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
Is Venus really the closest planet to Earth ?
VIDEO Mar 15, 2019In a new study, scientists have worked out that, on average, Mercury is actually closer to us than Venus.
Forget FarOut: FarFarOut has been discovered
Feb 26, 2019The discoverer of the most distant known object in our solar system has now found an even more distant one.
New moon discovered in our solar system
VIDEO Feb 21, 2019Scientists have successfully identified an entirely new moon in orbit around the gas giant Neptune.
Distant solar system object 'Farout' discovered
Dec 18, 2018Astronomers have identified the farthest known object in our solar system at a distance of 11 billion miles.
Closest ever photograph of the Sun revealed
Dec 14, 2018NASA's groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe has taken a close-up shot from inside the Sun's corona.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 14, 2018Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
'Oumuamua may be an extraterrestrial solar sail
Nov 3, 2018Harvard astronomers have suggested that the first known interstellar visitor could be an alien probe.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
Oct 16, 2018Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Neptune-sized extrasolar moon discovered
Oct 4, 2018Astronomers have found what is thought to be the first confirmed moon in orbit around an extrasolar world.
New dwarf planet 'The Goblin' discovered
Oct 2, 2018The important new find also hints at the presence of another, much larger planet in the outer solar system.
Planet-hunting probe finds two new candidates
Sep 23, 2018A mere two months after beginning operations, NASA's TESS spacecraft has found two new extrasolar worlds.
Observatory provides update on FBI closure
Sep 14, 2018The National Solar Observatory has posted an update on its Facebook page regarding the unusual situation.
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