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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.
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.
Planet found orbiting white dwarf in world first
VIDEO 12-5-2019 | 0
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
11-26-2019 | 4
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
Should we deliberately 'infect' Mars ?
10-1-2019 | 15
A new paper has suggested that we may have no choice but to spread microorganisms to the Red Planet.
Planet Nine could be a miniature black hole
9-28-2019 | 7
The undiscovered theoretical planet in the outer reaches of our solar system may actually be a black hole.
33ft 'frozen dragon' pterosaur found in Canada
9-16-2019 | 17
Palaeontologists have identified one of the largest flying creatures ever to live on planet Earth.
Water vapor discovered on extrasolar planet
9-11-2019 | 11
Water vapor has been identified on what is being hailed as the most habitable exoplanet found to date.
Musk: 'Starship 2.0 could be twice as big'
9-4-2019 | 2
Elon Musk has hinted that SpaceX's next-generation interplanetary spacecraft could be absolutely huge.
Alien life forms could glow, say scientists
8-23-2019 | 5
It may be possible to detect signs of extraterrestrial life on a distant world by picking up its biofluorescence.
Elon Musk still wants to drop nukes on Mars
VIDEO 8-17-2019 | 13
The SpaceX CEO has long held the belief that nuking the Red Planet could make it more habitable for humans.
Young planet may have collided with Jupiter
8-15-2019 | 2
Physicists now believe that a large planetary embryo collided with the gas giant in the distant past.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
8-11-2019 | 1
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
'Super-Earth' discovered 31 light years away
VIDEO 8-2-2019 | 31
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a large, potentially habitable world in a nearby solar system.
Scientists find a way to make Mars farmable
7-15-2019 | 15
Growing crops on the Red Planet would undoubtedly go a long way towards building a sustainable human colony.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
6-19-2019 | 18
The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
ET 'habitable zone' is smaller than thought
6-12-2019 | 28
According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
'Forbidden' planet found in Neptunian Desert
5-29-2019 | 4
Astronomers have found a planet with an atmosphere in a region that was thought to be hostile to such worlds.
Mystery of global 'seismic hum' finally solved
5-25-2019 | 5
Scientists have determined the origins of a peculiar hum that seemed to encircle the entire planet back in 2018.
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