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Venus transit to `fine-tune search for other world

The scientists will be using the last Venus transit for a century, which will take place next week, ...

NASA scientist weighs space rock from millions of miles away

NASA scientist has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away.

Baby galaxies `may have grown up quickly`

Baby galaxies from the young universe over 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thoug...

Missing boundary at the edge of solar system revealed

A collection of new data from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer indicates that the sun does not ...

How our time on Earth will end

Jupiter will be the only planet to survive this situation unscathed.

More evidence of water on early Mars provided by ancient volcanic blast

In a new study, a team of researchers is attempting to learn more about the past atmospheric conditi...

Our solar system may have evolved faster than we think

Our solar system, which is four and a half billion years old, may have formed over a shorter period ...

Solar system mystery `solved`

Chondrules are spherical particles of molten material found in meteorites but their origins have lon...

9 exoplanets ‘may be orbiting Solar System’s twin’

HD 10180 is a yellow dwarf star very much like the sun, so this discovery has drawn many parallels w...

Physicists re-writing the history of solar system?

The early days of our solar system might look quite different than previously thought, claim physici...

`Satnav` could pave man`s way beyond solar system

Satnav could be using neutron stars to steer a course through the universe, just as sailors of yore ...

Why giant alien planets pile up in certain orbits

Computer simulations have offered a plausible explanation for the pile-ups of giant planets in many ...

Why moon did not always look like it does now

Scientists have released two new videos, which takes viewers through the moon’s evolutionary history...

Five places where life may exist in solar system

While scientists hunt for hospitable planets circling other stars, the solar system has a few candid...

`Milky way may be teemed with nomad planets`

Thousands of rogue alien planets may be rambling through space in our Milky Way galaxy instead of ...

`Xombie` rocket makes first free-flight for NASA

The autonomous flight occurred earlier this month at the Mojave Air and Space Port about 90 miles no...

2 planets revolving around twin suns discovered

Together with Kepler-16, discovered a few months ago, there are now three such known systems in the ...

Super-Earth discovered that supports life

Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.

Our solar system is adrift in an ‘alien’ cloud

Our solar system is floating through interstellar clouds of gases slower than expected, a new study ...

Scientists puzzled by region outside solar system

A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun`s influence is diffe...

Bus-sized asteroid comes extremely close to Earth

A bus-sized newly discovered asteroid today came extremely close to the Earth, coming much nearer th...

Alien life possible but not like that on Earth

An astronomer has said that while we could find life outside of Earth, it is unlikely that it would ...

3 smallest planets outside solar system found

A team of astronomers has discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our ...

NASA finds Earth-size planets outside solar system

Scientists have found two Earth-sized planets orbiting a star outside the solar system, an encouragi...

NASA’s Voyager 1 nearing solar system edge

The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were launched by NASA in the summer of 1977 and p...

Earth-like planets feature in new survey

Tired of life on Earth? There may be other options, according to a catalog released today of planets...

NASA spacecraft exploring solar system`s edge

A long-running NASA spacecraft that`s been exploring the fringes of the solar system has entered new...

`New Earth-like planet may have water, life`

The exoplanet, called Gliese 581g, is located around 123 trillion miles away from Earth.

First amateur image of another solar system captured

An astronomer in New Zealand claims to have captured the first amateur pictures of another solar sys...

Russia fails to make contact with Mars moon probe

Russia has again been unsuccessful in its attempt to establish contact with its Phobos Grunt probe, ...

Solar system ejected giant planet to save Earth

Scientists believe that our solar system might have sacrificed a giant planet to protect the Earth.

Dead star gave birth to our Sun and solar system

The death of a star in a spectacular supernova event may have led to the birth of our Sun and solar ...

Where are extraterrestrials hiding?

A pair of postdoctoral researchers at Penn State University, approaching the problem mathematically,...

3 new planets and mystery object discovered

An international research team of astronomers have discovered three new planets- each orbiting its o...

Coldest `brown dwarf` caught on lens

A new photograph of a planet-like companion that has been obtained is being claimed to be the coldes...

`China may soon own the moon`

Commercial space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow is worried that the US may loose the new game of solar...

Comet storm detected in nearby solar system

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted a band of dust around a nearby bright star in the norther...

How Uranus ended up with its eccentric axis

It appears that early in its life Uranus experienced a succession of small punches instead of a sing...

Saturn`s moon Enceladus `best ski resort` in space

High resolution mapping of Saturn’s moon has confirmed that the unique little world is covered in ‘s...

Comet surprise: Did the sea come from the sky?

Much of Earth`s oceans may have been created by comets, which whacked into the infant planet billion...

Multi-polar solar system `discovered`

Scientists have discovered what they claim is an unusual multiple-planet solar system containing a `...

1/3rd of sun-like stars have Earth like planets?

A mission launched in “search of habitable planets” by NASA has predicted that one-third of “sun-lik...

Endeavour crater finds proof of past water on Mars

Scientists have found possible evidence of past water on Mars from the giant impact crater called En...

Get a real-time view of cosmos in front of PC

NASA is giving the public a new interactive web-based tool to explore the solar system like never be...

Is our universe a multiverse?

Is our universe just one of many? The idea may sound a bit bizarre, but it could be a reality, scien...

Day on Neptune lasts 15 hrs, 57 mins and 59 secs

A day on Neptune lasts precisely 15 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds, according to the first accurat...

Galaxies are either `awake` or `asleep`: Study

Researchers also found that there are many more active galaxies than passive ones.

One of the longest lunar eclipses on June 15

Other than India, it will be visible from the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia ...

Wandering infant Jupiter robbed Mars of size, mass

Inward migration by Jupiter during formation of solar system could explain why Mars is small, a stud...

Solar system`s early rocks `akin to candy floss`

The earliest rocks were fragile and akin to candy floss rather than the hard rock of today.

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