"It's been such a puzzle that there was liquid water on Mars, because Mars is further from the sun, and also, the sun was ...
Sci-fi planets like Dune's Arrakis and Star Wars' Tatooine might look cool, but according to NASA they're more fiction than ...
Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.
The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...
Unlike Mars, or Earth, its orbit swings between the inner edge of its star and outside again - which has intrigued researchers. This type of orbit means any water on the planet would freeze and ...
A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...
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