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Proxima b is more Earth-like than we thought
5-30-2020 |
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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.
Earth was a 'water world' 3 billion years ago
3-2-2020 | 5
Scientists now believe that the entire planet was covered in water and devoid of continents in the distant past.
Arrokoth rewrites theory of planet formation
2-17-2020 | 2
New Horizons' encounter with a Kuiper belt object has turned what we know of planet formation on its head.
NASA celebrates 30 years of the 'Pale Blue Dot'
VIDEO 2-14-2020 | 1
This humbling image of our world taken from far away has been honored this week with a modern remaster.
Has life from Earth spread to distant worlds ?
1-29-2020 | 14
It is often suggested that alien life could have reached Earth on a comet, but what about the other way around ?
World's oldest material is older than the Earth
1-15-2020 | 2
Scientists have identified the oldest material ever to make it onto our planet - and it even predates the Sun.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
12-9-2019 | 4
If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
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