November 12, 2019 NASA is looking at a 'stingray-inspired spacecraft' to explore the dark side of Venus Venus is likely too hot to support life, with a toxic atmosphere and temperatures approaching 900 degrees, but that isn't stopping NASA from exploring it.
November 11, 2019 Planet 9 may have already been found, study suggests Since its launch in April 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found a number of exoplanets, including a so-called "missing link" and an exoplanet with three suns. But a new study suggests the $200 million satellite may have already discovered the mysterious Planet 9.
November 5, 2019 We could go to Venus with today's technology, scientists say We could go to Venus tomorrow with the technology we have today, urged a NASA scientific advisory group, and the group's members would like to get a mission off the ground as soon as possible.
November 1, 2019 NASA eyes Pluto mission Just days after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that Pluto should be given back its planet status, the U.S. space agency announced that it has funded a study to see if another orbiter mission is feasible.
November 1, 2019 Asteroid impacts may be vital for exoplanets to support life, study says Past asteroid impacts may have done significant damage to life on Earth, but a new study suggests that a Goldilocks impact from a space rock might be an important ingredient in supporting life on other planets.
October 29, 2019 Asteroid Hygiea could become the tiniest dwarf planet As the debate rages on whether Pluto, currently a dwarf planet, should be given back its planet status, it may soon be joined by an asteroid that could wind up being the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system.
October 25, 2019 NASA chief says 'Pluto should be a planet' NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes that Pluto should be a planet again.
October 24, 2019 NASA looks at colliding exoplanets 300 light-years from Earth A newly published study looks at a star system, BD + 20 307, more than 300 light-years from Earth, which may contain evidence of two exoplanets recently colliding.
October 22, 2019 A faux Saturn moon Titan on Earth could solve solar system mystery Big, schmancy compounds keep popping up all over the solar system , and new research may help clear up confusion about how they form in so many places.
October 15, 2019 Venus was made of lava and was not 'Earth-like' after all, stunning study says Last month, new hope arrived in the form of a study that Venus may have been habitable and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years. Now, that hope has seemingly been dashed, with the water replaced by lava, according to a new study.
