May 2, 2016 Jupiter's moon Ganymede has a salty ocean with more water than Earth A salty ocean is lurking beneath the surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have found.
May 2, 2016 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft achieves Ceres orbit, makes history NASA’s Dawn spacecraft successfully entered Ceres' orbit early on Friday, making history as the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet.
May 2, 2016 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft prepares for Ceres rendezvous NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to enter Ceres’ orbit early on Friday, becoming the first ever probe to successfully visit a dwarf planet.
May 2, 2016 Mars has flowing liquid water, NASA confirms NASA has confirmed the existence of flowing liquid salty water on Mars, fuelling the possibility of life on the Red Planet.
May 2, 2016 Study: No evidence of advanced alien life in nearby galaxies While a sequel to the 1990s alien invasion flick “Independence Day” is in the works, moviegoers shouldn’t worry about fact following fiction anytime soon. This is according to a new report by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, which determined that there are no signs of advanced alien life in 93 of our neighboring galaxies.
May 2, 2016 Stunning 7-mile scale model of the solar system created in Nevada A group of friends has created a stunning 7-mile scale model of the solar system on a dry lakebed in Nevada.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases dramatic new Pluto images NASA has released more stunning images from New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, which show icy mountains, fog, and the dwarf planet’s landscape dramatically backlit by the sun.
May 2, 2016 Double whammy: 2 meteors hit ancient Earth at the same time It's not altogether uncommon to hear about double rainbows, but what about a double meteor strike? It's a rare event, but researchers in Sweden recently found evidence that two meteors smacked into Earth at the same time, about 458 million years ago
May 2, 2016 NASA releases stunning new Pluto images NASA has released the latest images from New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby, which reveal the dwarf planet’s stunning range of surface features.
May 2, 2016 Alien oceans' glint could reveal habitable water worlds The bright glint of alien oceans may be visible from afar, allowing astronomers to flag potentially habitable exoplanets.