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Has Avi Loeb really found the first ever samples from another solar system ?
9-7-2023 |
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Planetary scientist Prof Monica Grady examines Loeb's claims concerning spherical metallic fragments found on the ocean floor.
4.5 billion-year-old space rock upends assumptions about the solar system
8-30-2023 | 0
PhD candidate Evgenii Krestianinov looks at the secrets revealed by a space rock found in the Sahara back in 2020.
Is there an alien planet hiding at the edge of our solar system ?
6-30-2023 | 6
Astronomers believe that there is a small chance that a rogue planet could have been 'captured' by the Sun's gravity.
NASA is working on a radical new type of propulsion system
4-10-2023 | 1
Pellet-beam propulsion has the potential to enable a spacecraft to cross the entire solar system within 5 years.
Efforts to obtain data on interstellar visitor plagued with difficulties
3-18-2023 | 3
A meteor from another solar system landed on Earth back in 2014, but obtaining more information about it has proven challenging.
Distant dwarf planet has its own unique ring system
2-10-2023 | 5
It turns out that Saturn and the other gas giants are not the only planetary bodies in our solar system to have rings.
Discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter breaks Saturn's record
2-9-2023 | 6
Jupiter's status as the planet with the most moons in our solar system has now officially been restored.
On Pluto, you can throw a ball higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza
VIDEO 12-29-2022 | 2
A fascinating new video has emerged showing how far it is possible to throw a ball on the other worlds in our solar system.
Searing hot diamond-cored extrasolar world is a veritable 'hell planet'
12-12-2022 | 5
Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000
3-28-2022 | 0
Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Is the fabled Planet Nine still out there ?
3-22-2022 | 12
The potential existence of an undiscovered planet in our own solar system has intrigued astronomers for years.
Could we detect alien probes that are inside our own solar system ?
11-28-2021 | 8
Scientists have been aiming to bring the hunt for intelligent alien life a little closer to home.
Liquid water discovered inside a meteorite
5-16-2021 | 8
For the first time, scientists have found liquid water inside a meteorite from the earliest days of the solar system.
Could we find alien probes in our solar system ?
4-21-2021 | 10
A NASA report published in 2018 takes the idea of finding alien 'technosignatures' very seriously indeed.
Man 'from Saturn' is suing the US government
12-23-2020 | 11
The man, who filed the lawsuit earlier this month, claims that he is from the 'sixth planet of our solar system'.
Could mankind destroy the entire solar system?
8-18-2020 | 24
We've been doing a good job of messing up our own planet, but what about the rest of the solar system ?
Are we living in a giant deflated croissant ?
8-9-2020 | 10
Scientists have determined the most likely shape of the heliosphere which surrounds the solar system.
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.
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.
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.
