March 11, 2019 How a distant alien world was saved from an interstellar exile A distant alien world that was potentially on its way into exile in interstellar space was rescued by the gravitational pull of a passing pair of stars, a new study argues.
March 8, 2019 Newfound 'FarFarOut' is most distant solar system body ever seen The solar system has a new distance champ.
February 26, 2019 NASA was able to recreate the 'origins of life' and the results are shocking A new NASA study has recreated the origins of life, building the ocean's floors from 4 billion years ago as humanity attempts to understand how life started on Earth and where else it might be found.
February 22, 2019 Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's smallest moon has a name (and a violent past) A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore.
February 20, 2019 Searching for Planet Nine, scientist finds ancient star with mysterious rings The hunt for Planet Nine has so far eluded researchers, but one citizen scientist working on a project to find the evasive celestial body has found something just as remarkable – a 3-billion-year-old dwarf star that has dust rings circling it.
February 1, 2019 Stunning new map of the Milky Way shows 800 million stars, galaxies and near-earth asteroids At first, it looks like a planet: dark, snow-speckled and slashed down the center by a deep red scar.
January 29, 2019 Missing link found? Mysterious space rock may provide clues to how planets form Described as the "missing link," scientists have discovered an object in deep space they believe may hold the secrets to how planets are formed.
January 28, 2019 Saturn's biggest moon Titan may bake its own atmosphere The dense atmosphere roiling on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may come from organic material baking in the moon's interior.
January 21, 2019 Planet Nine may not exist but another mysterious object deep in the solar system could be lurking There has been much speculation about the existence of Planet Nine and its impact on distant objects in the solar system. But a new study suggests that some of the farthest celestial bodies in our planetary system aren't being impacted by this yet-to-be-discovered planet, but rather another mysterious object deep in the echoes of space.
January 17, 2019 NASA may decide this year to land a drone on Saturn's moon Titan The spacecraft that have peered through the yellowish haze surrounding Saturn's moon Titan discovered a strange, yet strangely familiar world where life could theoretically take root. Now, scientists want to return — this time buoyed by Earth's fascination with drone technology.
