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Scientists think they know when a rogue star will ruin the Solar System
IN 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his magnum opus, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which effectively synthesized his theories on motion, velocity, and universal gravitation.
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Alien super-Earths may get a habitability boost from hydrogen-rich atmospheres
Alien rocky worlds cocooned in hydrogen and helium could prove habitable to life as we know it for billions of years, with key features such as temperate conditions and liquid water, a new study finds.
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See a rare alignment of all the planets in the night sky
The celestial show, best viewed between June 17 and June 27, will be the last time the five brightest planets cluster in the sky until 2040.
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5 planets take center stage as they align in the night sky
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align in the sky and shine especially bright during its peak on June 24.
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Scientists find remains of cannibalized baby planets in Jupiter's cloud-covered belly
The finding settles a long-standing debate about the gas giant's formation.
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Scientists discover why Neptune and Uranus are different colours despite similarities
The difference in colour is believed to be caused by a layer of haze on both planets.
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ESA conducts first tests of exoplanet hunter Plato in space-like conditions
The ESA is working on a new exoplanet hunter mission called Plato, to be launched in 2026. Astronomers expect to discover Earth-sized planets within the habitable zone thanks to Plato's ability to spot smaller planets in larger orbits than current telescopes. SRON Netherlands Institute of Space Research is contributing to the project by testing Plato's cameras in a custom built space simulator. SRON researchers have finished testing the prototype, and all features function as expected.
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Did NASA find Hell? Scientists brace for first glimpse of world that constantly burns
“Oceans boil away, rocks begin to melt, and the clouds rain lava.”
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James Webb Space Telescope will study two strange 'super-Earths'
The James Webb Space Telescope plans to explore strange, new rocky worlds in unprecedented detail. The telescope's scientific consortium has an ambitious agenda to study geology on these small planets from "50 light-years away", they said in a statement Thursday (May 26). The work will be a big stretch for the new observatory, which should exit commissioning in a few weeks.
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Researcher describes how extraterrestrial civilizations could colonize the galaxy even if they don't have starships
Astronomers have searched for extraterrestrial civilizations in planetary systems for sixty years, to no avail. In the paper published by International Journal of Astrobiology, Cambridge University Press, and titled "Migrating extraterrestrial civilizations and interstellar colonization: Implications for SETI and SETA...
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Water may have been on Mars much more recently than scientists thought, China's rover suggests
China's Mars rover Zhurong has spotted new evidence that the Red Planet had water on its surface much more recently than scientists previously thought.
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‘Goldilocks’ stars may pose challenges for any nearby habitable planets
If you’re an aspiring life-form, you might want to steer clear of planets around orange dwarf stars. Some astronomers have called these orange suns “Goldilocks stars” (SN: 11/18/09). They are dimmer and age more slowly than yellow sunlike stars, thus offering an orbiting planet a more stable climate. But they are brighter and age faster than red dwarfs, which often spew large flares.
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What would it take for possible lifeforms to survive on Venus?
Venus may be one of the most inhospitable planets in the universe. But, could any alien lifeform call even this "hell hole" home?
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Two largest marsquakes to date recorded from planet's far side
The seismometer placed on Mars by NASA's InSight lander has recorded its two largest seismic events to date: a magnitude 4.2 and a magnitude 4.1 marsquake. The pair are the first recorded events to occur on the planet's far side from the lander and are five times stronger than the previous largest event recorded.
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Pluto's Orbit is Surprisingly Unstable
A new study has revealed new insights into Pluto's orbit, which is subject to a lot of chaotic perturbance over time!
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The Planet With Three Suns Was Just a Ghost
One of the weirdest planets ever spotted by astronomers now appears to have been a false positive. Perspective is important, even when it comes to astronomy. Just like those cheesy Instagram shots of tourists appearing to hold up famous landmarks by their fingers, sometimes an entire planet can be just an optical illusion.
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China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0
A satellite will scour the Milky Way for exoplanets orbiting stars just like the Sun.
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Cosmic milestone: NASA confirms 5,000 exoplanets
The count of confirmed exoplanets has just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes.
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Maybe comets didn’t bring Earth its water, it was made here
A question scientists have asked is, where did all that water come from? Many have pointed to the abundant water in the cometary belt and said there is where it came from. Some have hypothesized that somewhere in the first 500 million years after the Earth formed, it was hit with millions of icy comets. It is a popular hypothesis taught as fact, in high schools, and colleges, despite the only significant evidence for it is there is water there and here.
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Pluto Has An Ice Volcano Taller Than The Andes
Mountains on Pluto – at least one rising higher than any on Earth outside the Himalayas – have been revealed by reanalysis of images taken by the New Horiz
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