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A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to discover new worlds goes on, we’re steadily learning more about the exoplanets we’ve already detected: their sizes, what they’re made of and whether they have atmospheres.

The Conversation

NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.

Space

Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.

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3D map reveals our solar system's local bubble has an 'escape tunnel'

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Space

How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

Space

Diablo 4 boss' plan for Gears of War 6 would've taken the series to space, but "we weren't going to start Mass Effect-ing this"

Gears 6's MO was to take us off Sera to encounter the rest of the solar system

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'Interstellar' fireballs likely came from within our solar system, study suggests

The imprecision in the measurements of claimed interstellar fireballs means it is highly likely they originate in the solar system instead, a new study reports.

Space

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Making science cinematic: how a studio brings scientific datasets to high-end VFX

We learn how Lux Aeterna made the stunning VFX for Our Universe, Secrets of the Neanderthals and Solar System.

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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981.

Space

Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life

A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust.

The Conversation

Scientists found one of the largest carbon-based space molecules ever. Here's why that's a big deal

Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of life as we know it.

Space

Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it. The bouncing asteroid seems to have originated in the Kuiper belt.

Space

The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) famously demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess since then — so is it time to redefine the planet?

Space

Comet Watch! Don’t Miss This Visitor From The Oort Cloud On Thursday

On October 24, look low in the eastern sky just before sunrise to check out a comet from the Oort Cloud.

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'Lost in insignificance': Here's what it's like to rappel into the solar system's largest canyon

"You wanted this moment to belong just to yourself and the landscape: sunset on the rim of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system."

LiveScience

NASA finds signs of hellish, lava-covered 'exomoon' circling an alien world — and it could meet a 'destructive end'

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have been birthed by a volcanic satellite, which may become the first officially recognized "exomoon."

LiveScience

Orionid meteor shower 2024: When to see 'shooting stars' from Halley's comet next week

The Orionid meteor shower will peak this week as Earth busts through a stream of meteoroids left in the inner solar system by the famous Halley's comet.

Inverse

Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Really Find Aliens? Here’s What the Spacecraft Can and Can’t Do

To learn about the potential for life in a hidden ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, NASA will hunt for plumes and "crop circles."

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James Webb Space Telescope wins 'race against time' to directly observe young exoplanet

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope had to race against time to image a young exoplanet before it disappeared for a decade.

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Is Life Possible On A Jupiter Moon? NASA Goes To Investigate

Is there anywhere else in our solar system that could support life? If our solar system turns out to be home to two habitable worlds (Europa and Earth), "think of what that means when you extend that result to the billions and billions of other solar systems in this galaxy,"…

Inverse

Can NASA Really Send Humans to Mars In the Next Decade?

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035.

Space

The key ingredients for life on Earth came from space, new evidence suggests

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in the early solar system. The discovery could assist in the search for alien life.

The Conversation

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space.

Space

NASA images Uranus with epic team up of Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe have teamed up to image the ice giant Uranus, which will help inform future direct imaging of exoplanets.

Inverse

Europa Clipper’s 7-Year, 1.8-Billion Mile Journey To Jupiter’s Moon Is More Intense Than You Think

Here's the winding road NASA's Europa Clipper must take through the Solar System to reach a special Jupiter moon.

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