• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 28th, 2015
9.8-Magnitude Earthquake Poised to Hit California This Thursday, May 28

9.8-Magnitude Earthquake Poised to Hit California This Thursday, May 28

Or so says armchair scientist Frank Hoogerbeets

Cosmologist: If Aliens Exist, They're Probably the Size of Bears

Cosmologist: If Aliens Exist, They're Probably the Size of Bears

Mathematical model suggests alien lifeforms on a foreign planet would tip the scale at about 300 kilograms (660 pounds)

Watch: What Earth Would Be like If It Had Another Sun

Watch: What Earth Would Be like If It Had Another Sun

Stunning video brings stars other than the Sun close to our planet, shows how they would transform the sky

11.2-Billion-Year-Old Star Has as Many as 5 Planets Orbiting It

11.2-Billion-Year-Old Star Has as Many as 5 Planets Orbiting It

The planets, discovered using NASA's Kepler satellite, are somewhat similar to celestial bodies in our Solar System

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 6th, 2014
21,000 New Planets Stand to Be Discovered Until the End of 2018

21,000 New Planets Stand to Be Discovered Until the End of 2018

These previously undocumented planets will be discovered with the help of ESA's Gaia satellite, researchers explain

Watch: This Is What Would Happen If All the Planets Were to Line Up

Watch: This Is What Would Happen If All the Planets Were to Line Up

Hollywood has until now sold us dozens of such doomsday scenarios, it's high time we heard one from scientists

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 4th, 2014
Planets That Have a Companion Nearby Are More Likely to Host Life

Planets That Have a Companion Nearby Are More Likely to Host Life

New study finds that planets too benefit from having a companion in old age

Beers Are Inspired by, Even Named After Planets in the Solar System

Beers Are Inspired by, Even Named After Planets in the Solar System

“The Planets” series will be made available to the public this coming August

Star on a Binge Will Soon Gobble Up Two Planets

Star on a Binge Will Soon Gobble Up Two Planets

Spoiler alert: by “soon,” astronomers mean 130 to 155 million years from now

Create Planetary Systems on Your Mac, Test Newton’s Law of Gravity

Create Planetary Systems on Your Mac, Test Newton’s Law of Gravity

Gravity Lab goes free for a limited time, lets you make planetary systems

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 9th, 2013
Volcano May Have Erupted a Billion Years of Mercury

Volcano May Have Erupted a Billion Years of Mercury

Scientists are still puzzling over the planet's geologically-active past

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2013
Cassini Sees Saturn, Mars, Earth and Venus in Same Image

Cassini Sees Saturn, Mars, Earth and Venus in Same Image

This is the first time the spacecraft took such a photo

Watch: Animation Details the Makeup of Our Solar System

Watch: Animation Details the Makeup of Our Solar System

The video also points out it's only a matter of time until the Sun kills us all

Get Solar 2 for Steam on Linux with a 75% Discount

Get Solar 2 for Steam on Linux with a 75% Discount

The offer is limited and will expire on January 11

Video Explains Asteroid Mining Initiative

Video Explains Asteroid Mining Initiative

The clip was produced by the company Planetary Resources

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 23rd, 2012
Solar System May Have a Ninth Planet

Solar System May Have a Ninth Planet

The object is estimated to be around four times the size of Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 20th, 2012
Planet Formation Requires Heavy Chemical Elements

Planet Formation Requires Heavy Chemical Elements

Hydrogen and helium cannot set the basis for new worlds

 
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