Planets - Page 87

October 20, 2015

Could the dwarf planet Ceres support life?

A NASA probe is about to get the first up-close look at a potentially habitable alien world.

October 20, 2015

90,000 messages will be beamed to Mars Friday

Radio telescopes will beam tens of thousands of messages to Mars this Friday (Nov.

October 20, 2015

Galactic 'mega city' shows mysterious spots of star formation

A new photo of a huge galactic "mega city" under construction in the early universe shows star formation happening in unexpected places, scientists have found.

October 20, 2015

ET phone Earth? Light on Saturn's large moon Titan likely waves, scientists say

NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied an unusually bright light amid the seas of Saturn's largest moon Titan -- rippling waves, scientists say.

October 20, 2015

'Tunnels' and 'spheres' in meteorite revive debate over life on Mars

The discovery of tiny carbon-rich balls and tunnels inside a Martian meteorite has once again raised the possibility that the Red Planet was teeming with primitive life millions of years ago.

October 20, 2015

Water found in atmosphere of nearby alien planet

Water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of one of the first alien planets ever identified by astronomers.

October 20, 2015

At least 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets found, study says

Astronomers using NASA data have calculated for the first time that in our galaxy alone, there are at least 8.8 billion stars with Earth-size planets in the habitable temperature zone.

October 20, 2015

Amateur snaps spectacular photo of Saturn's rings

An amazing new view of Saturn, created by amateur image processer Gordan Ugarkovic, shows the planet and its rings in all their glory.

October 20, 2015

On giant blue alien planet, it rains molten glass

There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life.

October 20, 2015

Pink alien planet is smallest yet photographed

Astronomers have snapped a photo of a pink alien world that's the smallest yet exoplanet found around a star like our sun.