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Mission to the Sun will launch on August 4th
VIDEO Jul 6, 2018NASA's $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe will be venturing closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history.
Kepler-186f is more habitable than we thought
Jul 2, 2018An extrasolar world 500 light years away could be the most promising place yet to look for alien life.
Interstellar visitor may actually be a comet
VIDEO Jun 28, 2018Originally classed as an asteroid, the object known as 'Oumuamua is now believed to be a comet.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
Jun 9, 2018Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
Probe to study solar system's protective bubble
Jun 4, 2018NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Interstellar interloper found near Jupiter
May 21, 2018An asteroid believed to be from another solar system has been found orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction.
Further evidence of Planet Nine discovered
May 18, 2018A small solar system object with a strange orbit has hinted at the presence of a large, unknown world.
Mysterious 'exiled' asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
May 11, 2018An asteroid from the earliest days of the solar system has been found four billion kilometers from Earth.
Helium detected on 'super-Neptune' exoplanet
May 3, 2018For the first time ever, scientists have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around a distant star.
'Super Earth' aliens may be trapped by gravity
Apr 23, 2018On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan
Apr 17, 2018A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
Captain Kirk books his name on trip to the Sun
Mar 7, 2018William Shatner is one of thousands of people whose names will soon be sent to the Sun on a memory card.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO Feb 18, 2018A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
'Alien visitor' asteroid had a violent past
Feb 12, 2018The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
'Ingredients for life' found in meteorites
Jan 15, 2018Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
James Webb Space Telescope completes tests
VIDEO Jan 11, 2018The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Alien chemistry of the Hypatia stone revealed
Jan 10, 2018The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
Visiting asteroid has 'strange organic coat'
Dec 18, 2017Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
NASA finds entire solar system like our own
VIDEO Dec 14, 2017The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
Mystery object to be checked for ET signals
Dec 12, 2017An asteroid thought to have come from another solar system is to be checked for signs of alien technology.
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