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The second closest potentially habitable planet to Earth is not around a famous star; it is GJ 887 d, confirmed in 2026 around a quiet red dwarf 10.7 light-years away - making GJ 887 d the second-closest known habitable-zone planet after Proxima Centauri b
19+ min ago (1386+ words) The most promising nearby world for life doesn't have a name you'd recognize—just a catalog designation and a star so dim it barely registers in our sky....
The Geoid: How Gravity and Space Missions Reveal the Earth's True Irregular Shape
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (326+ words) The accurate representation of the shape of the Earth is known as the Geoid, a model that combines physical and mathematical principles influenced by gravity. This figure is neither perfectly spherical nor geometric, but rather takes on an irregular shape…...
Meteorite Crashed into a House. Now, NASA Scientists Say It Contains ‘Extraterrestrial’ Clues to Our Solar System
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (538+ words) A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home has given scientists new clues about what our solar system was like billions of years ago The homeowners carefully saved the meteorite after it landed, allowing scientists to study the rare…...
JWST May Be Missing Water Hidden Deep Within Mini-Neptune Worlds
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (829+ words) Sub-Neptune exoplanets, exoplanets that are slightly smaller than Neptune, have been designated as the most common type of planet in the Milky Way Galaxy based on their vast discovery numbers, totaling almost 3,300 out of the more than 6,300 confirmed exoplanets to…...
For the first time, a NASA probe finds hot areas hidden below the surface of the most volcanic moon in the Solar System.
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (1029+ words) The Juno probe managed to measure for the first time the subterranean heating on Io, penetrating with microwaves the surface layer of Jupiter’s moon and identifying a rise of over 22 °C a few meters deep. The result offers scientists an…...
Meteorite Crashed into a House. Now, NASA Scientists Say It Contains ‘Extraterrestrial’ Clues to Our Solar System - AOL
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (522+ words) A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home has given scientists new clues about what our solar system was like billions of years ago The homeowners carefully saved the meteorite after it landed, allowing scientists to study the rare…...
NASA's MAVEN mission discovers how solar wind creates auroras on Mars without a global magnetic field
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (354+ words) The space mission of NASA, known as MAVEN, has provided new insights into the auroras on Mars, revealing how the solar wind interacts with the atmosphere of the red planet. Through detailed observations, it has been discovered that these luminous…...
How does the closest planet to the Sun, with a surface that hits 430 degrees at noon, hold on to billions of tonnes of ice that never melt?
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (1240+ words) By Lachlan Brown · Editorial process Published July 25, 2026 Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. On its hottest daytime terrain, the temperature can reach about 430 degrees Celsius. Yet near its poles, billions of tonnes of water ice sit inside craters…...
Closest planets beyond our Solar System look surprisingly hostile
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (1025+ words) The nearest single star to the Sun hosts four rocky planets unlike anything in our own Solar System, and none of them appears capable of supporting life. A new study suggests that the worlds orbiting Barnard’s Star are small, dry,…...
Why Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be More Difficult To Reach Than Scientists Thought
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (875+ words) [Rutgers University] Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, long has fascinated scientists because of what may lie beneath its frozen shell: a global ocean of liquid water. That hidden ocean has made Europa one of the most compelling places in…...