• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 30th, 2014
Finding Extraterrestrial Life Is More Difficult than Assumed

Finding Extraterrestrial Life Is More Difficult than Assumed

The method used to detect biosignatures on planets can produce false positive results

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 27th, 2014
Solar System Reveals New Dwarf Planet

Solar System Reveals New Dwarf Planet

This discovery brings the limits of the solar system back into focus

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 8th, 2014
Solar System Features No “Planet X”

Solar System Features No “Planet X”

New study confirms that this celestial body is a myth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 14th, 2014
Unevenness in Cosmic Ray Distribution Finally Explained

Unevenness in Cosmic Ray Distribution Finally Explained

Data from IBEX helps astrophysicists clear up decades-old mysteries

New Comet Found Deep in the Solar System

New Comet Found Deep in the Solar System

European astronomers identified the object in early February

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 31st, 2014
Rogue Asteroids Are Very Common in the Solar System

Rogue Asteroids Are Very Common in the Solar System

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

19MW Solar System Installed at Kuala Lumpur Airport

19MW Solar System Installed at Kuala Lumpur Airport

The system is said to be the largest of its kind thus far installed in Malaysia

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2014
Inner Asteroid Belt Is a Melting Pot of Celestial Bodies

Inner Asteroid Belt Is a Melting Pot of Celestial Bodies

Study shows it contains objects from all over the solar system

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 30th, 2013
The Antarctic Search for Meteorites Is Now On

The Antarctic Search for Meteorites Is Now On

Experts search for space rocks as old as the solar system

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2013
Mercury Shrank 11 Kilometers (6.8 Miles) Since It Formed

Mercury Shrank 11 Kilometers (6.8 Miles) Since It Formed

The innermost planet shriveled up more than researchers anticipated

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 9th, 2013
Inner Planets May Have Contaminated the Gas Giants with Life

Inner Planets May Have Contaminated the Gas Giants with Life

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

Relive Pioneer 10's Historic Encounter with Jupiter 40 Years Ago – Photo

Relive Pioneer 10's Historic Encounter with Jupiter 40 Years Ago – Photo

The space probe has been out of contact for a decade

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

This is the closest match to our own system ever discovered

This Is the Sound of Interstellar Space, as Heard by Voyager 1 – Video

This Is the Sound of Interstellar Space, as Heard by Voyager 1 – Video

Watch NASA's full announcement of the historic moment

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 13th, 2013
Voyager 1 Leaves the Solar System, Becomes the First Human Object in Interstellar Space

Voyager 1 Leaves the Solar System, Becomes the First Human Object in Interstellar Space

The probe launched 36 years ago is making history again

First Trojan Asteroid Discovered Near Uranus

First Trojan Asteroid Discovered Near Uranus

Astronomers didn't even think a trojan asteroid could be found near this planet

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

 
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