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April 2, 2018

Venus' clouds could host extraterrestrial life, researchers say

A paper published last week takes a look at the second rock from the Sun -- Venus -- as well as its atmosphere.

March 21, 2018

Exoplanet search turns up 15 new alien worlds, and one may have water

Researchers have discovered 15 new planets around cool stars known as red dwarfs, and one of those planets might be able to host liquid water on its surface.

March 20, 2018

11 need-to-know things about our solar system

Our understanding about the universe and our place in it has changed over time.

March 20, 2018

Wandering rogue moons may be as common as stars

Rogue moons, torn from their planets and flung outward to drift through space, may be as common as stars in the universe, a new study finds.

March 16, 2018

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is growing taller as it shrinks... and turning orange

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been shrinking for a century and a half, and in recent years it has turned a deep orange color.

March 16, 2018

Water on dwarf planet Ceres is driving an active surface

Growing patches of ice and minerals associated with liquid water reveal that the dwarf planet Ceres is still evolving.

March 15, 2018

Saturn's icy moon Dione shines in stunning Cassini photo

The battered face of Saturn's frigid moon Dione gets a close-up in a gorgeous photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

March 14, 2018

Scientists discover 15 new planets, including 'super-Earth' that could harbor liquid water

Scientists have discovered 15 new planets, including a “super-Earth” that may have liquid water on its surface.

March 14, 2018

You can hunt for alien planets at home with Google's AI

Google has open-sourced their planet-hunting AI algorithm.

March 13, 2018

Giant alien planet may lurk inside star's lopsided dust structure

The Hubble Space Telescope recently discovered a star surrounded by a huge dust structure that stretches about 150 billion miles across.