Tiny tube experiments simulate solar system’s only moon with an atmosphere
Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...
An ‘alien visitor’ might have warped our solar system, study claims
A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.
A rare planetary alignment is lighting up the night sky—here’s how to see it
Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...
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NASA's Search for Life: Exploring the Outer Solar System's Ocean Worlds
Join us as we delve into NASA's quest to find extraterrestrial life in the outer solar system. Discover the potential ...
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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.
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20 years ago, the discovery of Eris changed everything
When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...
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What If The Solar System Had a Super-Earth? Here's What Would Happen.
Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.
Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples
Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...
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Mars quiz: Is your knowledge of the Red Planet out of this world?
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