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Scientists uncover a giant hidden magma system beneath Mars
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (958+ words) Mars looks like a planet whose best days are long behind it. Its volcanoes are extinct, its crust sits still, and unlike Earth, it never developed the shifting tectonic plates that constantly reshape our world. That is exactly why a…...
Euclid captures 60 million stars in the Milky Way's heart, helping scientists hunt for hidden exoplanets
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (477+ words) The Times of India...
Earth May Have Been Sending Microscopic Hitchhikers Toward Venus for a Billion Years
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (354+ words) A new model suggests that asteroid impacts on Earth may have occasionally launched microscopic material into space that could have reached Venus's atmosphere over billions of years. Some of this material may even have temporarily remained suspended in the planet's…...
Habitable Or Barren? Nearby Planet Is Lighter Than Astronomers Thought
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (420+ words) Home " Science & Technology News " Astronomy News Research led by Paul Robertson (University of California, Irvine) (" moz Zz - stock. adobe. com) Known as GJ 3378 b, the planet orbits a small, dim red dwarf star just 25 light-years from Earth. Small stars like…...
This Intriguing Exoplanet is Just 25 Light-Years from Earth'Is Its Too Dangerous to Be Home to Life?
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (659+ words) Researchers have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet just 25 light-years from Earth'but is its precarious location on the cosmic shore too dangerous to make it a home for extraterrestrial life? In a recent paper in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers at the…...
Scientists believe these 5 alien worlds could harbor life beyond Earth
3+ hour ago (185+ words) The image is a digital illustration of the Solar System. Kepler-452b is the first confirmed near-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. The habitable zone is the region around a star that has temperatures that allow water…...
Cotton-Candy Exoplanets: Two for the Price of One!
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (675+ words) By: Colin Stuart July 2, 2026 0 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has found two "super-puff" planets in the same system, each one as light as cotton candy. Astronomers have discovered two giant exoplanets in the same system, each one as light as…...
Sweet treat for astronomers as they discover super-puff planets lighter than candy floss
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (496+ words) Super-puff planets lighter than candy floss have been discovered over 1, 100 light years from Earth, but how did these extremely light worlds form? A pair of planets as big as Jupiter, but less dense than candy floss has been discovered over…...
Nearby exoplanet just got more Earth-like and promising for life
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1289+ words) GJ 3378 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a M-type star. Its mass is 2. 3 Earths, it takes 21. 5 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0. 09673 AU from its star. (CREDIT: NASA) GJ 3378b has moved closer to the…...
Fourth of July Through Hubble's Eyes
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (649+ words) Hubble Shares 13 Images for the Nation's 13 Original Colonies NASA's Hubble Space Telescope commemorates the nation's 250th birthday with a fireworks display in the colors of the cosmos. Enjoy this collection of images captured on July 4th over Hubble's 36-year history. As one…...