A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona has provided the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus's north pole, ...
Astrobiology
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As telescopes have become more powerful, it's turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of other planets out there in the galaxy. But we're still teasing out clues about what they are actually ...
Astronomy
Nov 5, 2025
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When it comes to finding baby, still-forming planets around young stars, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observatory is astronomers' most adept tool. ALMA has delivered many images of the protoplanetary ...
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2025
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Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years, according to new research published in Nature ...
Astrobiology
Oct 30, 2025
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A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and death of nearby stars are an important piece of the puzzle.
Astronomy
Oct 17, 2025
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The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and maybe even Earth—is older than the disk's star itself, offering breakthrough insights into the history of water ...
Astrobiology
Oct 15, 2025
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Modularity is taking off in more ways than one in space exploration. The design of the upcoming "Lunar Gateway" space station is supposed to be modular, with different modules being supplied by different organizations. In ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2025
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For decades, scientists have been curious about how much water Mars once had and what led to its gradual transformation into the dry planet we see today. A new study published online on September 2, 2025, in the Geology journal, ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 9, 2025
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Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more like a bin of well-used ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 1, 2025
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In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a startling truth: the planet's luminous bands were not solid appendages, but vast, separate rings ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 30, 2025
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