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Some stars could host seven habitable planets
Aug 2, 2020Other 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 Jul 30, 2020The 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 Jun 21, 2020Newly released images show the breathtaking beauty of two relatively nearby planetary nebulae.
New structures detected deep beneath the Earth
Jun 12, 2020Scientists studying our planet's interior have found previously unknown structures beneath the surface.
Dust could help make alien worlds habitable
Jun 10, 2020Scientists have highlighted the role of dust in cooling or warming an otherwise uninhabitable extrasolar world.
Proxima b is more Earth-like than we thought
May 30, 2020The 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
May 19, 2020The 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
May 14, 2020Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
Spectacular 'lucky' image of Jupiter revealed
May 10, 2020A stunning new image of the solar system's largest planet was put together from hundreds of shots.
Solving the mystery of the vanishing exoplanet
Apr 21, 2020A relatively nearby extrasolar world discovered back in 2004 has since disappeared without a trace.
NASA reveals how it will retrieve a piece of Mars
Apr 18, 2020The Mars sample-return mission will be one of the most challenging interplanetary endeavours ever undertaken.
Kepler data reveals hidden Earth-like exoplanet
VIDEO Apr 17, 2020Scientists have discovered one of the most Earth-like extrasolar worlds ever seen and they almost missed it.
Meet one of mankind's earliest ancestors
Mar 26, 2020Scientists have identified a worm-like creature that thrived on our planet some 555 million years ago.
Could Mercury have once supported life ?
Mar 25, 2020According 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 ?
Mar 22, 2020The 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
Mar 16, 2020Planets 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
Mar 13, 2020Scientists 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 Mar 11, 2020Scientists have identified an extrasolar planet with some of the most hostile surface conditions ever seen.
11 million Brazilians believe that the Earth is flat
Mar 6, 2020A surprisingly large number of people in Brazil subscribe to the idea that our planet is not what it seems.
Earth was a 'water world' 3 billion years ago
Mar 2, 2020Scientists now believe that the entire planet was covered in water and devoid of continents in the distant past.
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