1

2

Top Headlines

Chance Played a Major Role in Keeping Earth Fit for Life

Dec. 14, 2020 — A study gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years - concluding it is almost certainly due, at least in part, to luck. The research suggests this ...

Distant planet far from | (c) (c) dottedyeti / Adobe

Exoplanet Around Distant Star Resembles Reputed 'Planet Nine' in Our Solar System

Dec. 10, 2020 — Astronomers think planets can exist in orbits far from their star, and propose a two-step process: interactions with the ...

Water on Mars Not as Widespread as Previously Thought

Dec. 11, 2020 — Scientists created planetwide maps of where water might be found on Mars. It is probably scarcer than previously thought, they ...

A Look at the Sun's Dusty Environment

Dec. 10, 2020 — Scientists say that how dust moves and transforms around the sun may give them new insights to how Earth and its neighboring planets formed more than 4.5 billion years ...

Latest Headlines

updated 2:02pm EST

Stylized illustration of | (c) (c) Mopic / Adobe

New Superhighway System Discovered in the Solar System

Dec. 9, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. Such routes can drive comets and asteroids ...

Space Weather Discovery Puts 'Habitable Planets' at Risk

Dec. 9, 2020 — Stellar flares with a chance of radio bursts: that's the weather from Proxima Centauri. New research suggests exoplanets around red dwarf M-type stars will likely be exposed to coronal mass ...

Aluminium Alloy Research Could Benefit Manned Space Missions

Dec. 7, 2020 — Manned space missions in spacecraft made of aluminium that is light yet resistant to radiation could be a step ...

Supercomputer Simulations Could Unlock Mystery of Moon's Formation

Dec. 4, 2020 — Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another massive object 4.5 billion years ...

Asteroid illustration | (c) (c) Mopic / Adobe

Researchers Uncover Key Clues About the Solar System's History

Dec. 4, 2020 — Researchers have used magnetism to determine, for the first time, when asteroids that are rich in water and amino acids first arrived in the inner ...

Gaia Space Telescope Measured the Acceleration of the Solar System

Dec. 3, 2020 — The Gaia space telescope has measured the acceleration of the Solar System when it orbits the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Solar System motion relative to the stars agrees with the results by ...

Chaotic Early Solar System Collisions Resembled 'Asteroids' Arcade Game

Dec. 2, 2020 — One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than 150 million-mile journey by smashing into the trunk of a red Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Nearly 30 years later, a new analysis ...

Best Region for Life on Mars Was Far Below Surface

Dec. 2, 2020 — The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of thick ice sheets fueled by geothermal heat, a new study ...

Experiments Unravelling the Mystery of Mars' Moon Phobos

Nov. 30, 2020 — There is no weather in space - but there is weathering: Celestial bodies are bombarded by high energy particles. On the Mars moon Phobos, the situation is complicated: It is hit by particles from the ...

Fast-Moving Gas Flowing Away from Young Star Caused by Icy Comet Vaporization

Nov. 30, 2020 — A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing fast-moving carbon monoxide gas flowing away from a star system ...