Planets

One planet loses its atmosphere as two planets collide in outer space

A team of astronomers has identified a planet similar to Earth that may have lost some of its atmosphere two hundred thousand years ago due to a collision.  Only 95 light-years away from Earth, MIT, National University of Ireland Galway, and Cambri…

First Radio Signal From an Exoplanet Detected By Scientists

An international team of scientists has discovered the first radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system, coming from an exoplanet system 51 light-years away. The previous article has been updated. The researchers discovered emission bursts …

It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy.  Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified as the Go…

Scientists discover an 'ocean planet' where a year lasts 11 days

Scientists have uncovered a ' aqua planet ' that resembles Kevin Costner's post-apocalyptic action thriller Waterworld from 1995. They claim the world, which is 100 light-years away, is totally covered in water, comparable to some of …

It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy.  Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified a…

It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy.  Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified as the Go…

Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) has published a remarkable video that depicts Earth in ways you've probably never seen before. The video is a time-lapse model of a category-4 typhoon that formed off the coast of China in 2005. Thr…

Two Planets Collide in Outer Space, One of Them Loses its Atmosphere

With a greater focus on asteroids and objects from deep space, as well as the possibility of a collision with Earth, astronomers have arrived for the first time at a planet that may have lost its atmosphere as a result of a collision with a massive ob…

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