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Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be ocean world
8-12-2020 |
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Scientists have determined that Ceres, like Europa and Enceladus, is home to an ocean of liquid water.
Some stars could host seven habitable planets
8-2-2020 | 5
Other stars may be able to host more than our own solar system's solitary habitable world, a new study suggests.
NASA's new Mars rover successfully launches
VIDEO 7-30-2020 | 9
The ambitious new rover, which will look for signs of life on Mars, is now on its way to the Red Planet.
Hubble captures spectacular dying stars
VIDEO 6-21-2020 | 4
Newly released images show the breathtaking beauty of two relatively nearby planetary nebulae.
New structures detected deep beneath the Earth
6-12-2020 | 16
Scientists studying our planet's interior have found previously unknown structures beneath the surface.
Dust could help make alien worlds habitable
6-10-2020 | 1
Scientists have highlighted the role of dust in cooling or warming an otherwise uninhabitable extrasolar world.
Proxima b is more Earth-like than we thought
5-30-2020 | 11
The closest known extrasolar planet may also be one of the most Earth-like worlds ever discovered.
Musk will need 10,000 nukes to terraform Mars
5-19-2020 | 23
The SpaceX CEO has responded to the claim that his plans to terraform the Red Planet are largely impractical.
'One-in-a-million' Super-Earth discovered
5-14-2020 | 3
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
Spectacular 'lucky' image of Jupiter revealed
5-10-2020 | 6
A stunning new image of the solar system's largest planet was put together from hundreds of shots.
Solving the mystery of the vanishing exoplanet
4-21-2020 | 17
A relatively nearby extrasolar world discovered back in 2004 has since disappeared without a trace.
NASA reveals how it will retrieve a piece of Mars
4-18-2020 | 7
The Mars sample-return mission will be one of the most challenging interplanetary endeavours ever undertaken.
Kepler data reveals hidden Earth-like exoplanet
VIDEO 4-17-2020 | 6
Scientists have discovered one of the most Earth-like extrasolar worlds ever seen and they almost missed it.
Meet one of mankind's earliest ancestors
3-26-2020 | 4
Scientists have identified a worm-like creature that thrived on our planet some 555 million years ago.
Could Mercury have once supported life ?
3-25-2020 | 0
According to a new study, the nearest planet to the Sun may have once been a lot more habitable.
Can humans sense the Earth's magnetic field ?
3-22-2020 | 17
The results of a recent experiment suggest that it is not just animals that can sense our planet's magnetism.
Planets like Tatooine may actually be common
3-16-2020 | 2
Planets with two suns like Luke Skywalker's homeworld may be as common as planets orbiting a solitary star.
139 new 'minor planets' found beyond Neptune
3-13-2020 | 4
Scientists have announced the discovery of 139 new objects situated in the far reaches of our solar system.
Extreme exoplanet sees rains of molten iron
VIDEO 3-11-2020 | 0
Scientists have identified an extrasolar planet with some of the most hostile surface conditions ever seen.
11 million Brazilians believe that the Earth is flat
3-6-2020 | 21
A surprisingly large number of people in Brazil subscribe to the idea that our planet is not what it seems.
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