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NASA reveals Parker Solar Probe discoveries
VIDEO Dec 4, 2019The groundbreaking solar probe has sent back its first observations from the edge of the Sun's atmosphere.
Interstellar comet may be carrying 'alien water'
Oct 30, 2019Astronomers have determined that comet 2I/Borisov could be carrying water from a distant solar system.
'Helical engine' could reach relativistic speeds
Oct 16, 2019NASA engineer David Burns has developed a concept for a new drive capable of reaching distant solar systems.
Visiting interstellar comet is caught on camera
Oct 15, 2019Astronomers have revealed that comet 2I/Borisov is remarkably similar to comets from our own solar system.
Planet Nine could be a miniature black hole
Sep 28, 2019The undiscovered theoretical planet in the outer reaches of our solar system may actually be a black hole.
Astronomer discovers second interstellar visitor
VIDEO Sep 13, 2019An amateur astronomer has discovered what is believed to be a comet that has come from a distant solar system.
Water vapor discovered on extrasolar planet
Sep 11, 2019Water vapor has been identified on what is being hailed as the most habitable exoplanet found to date.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
Aug 11, 2019Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
'Super-Earth' discovered 31 light years away
VIDEO Aug 2, 2019Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
'LightSail 2' deploys its solar sail in Earth's orbit
VIDEO Jul 24, 2019The experimental project could one day make it possible for solar sails to propel spacecraft to other worlds.
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.
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