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June 1, 2017

Astronomers discover what is causing those mysterious cosmic radio bursts

Three thousand thousand thousand years ago, a fast radio burst from the center of a dwarf galaxy far beyond the Milky Way generated as much energy as 500 million suns in milliseconds. And then it came out for an encore. And another. It has done roughly 30 curtain calls in all.

June 1, 2017

Scientists may have found evidence of a parallel universe

The idea that we might be living in just one of an infinite number of universes has been fodder for scientific debate and sci-fi movie plots for a long time, but coming up with evidence to support the theory has been hard to come by.

May 23, 2017

This nearby alien solar system looks a lot like Earth's

A young planetary system located only 10.5 light-years away has a structure remarkably similar to Earth's solar system, a new study shows.

May 23, 2017

Who first saw the Ring Nebula? 238-year-old mystery is solved

It turns out the iconic Ring Nebula was actually discovered by 18th century comet-hunter Charles Messier, a new study shows.

May 23, 2017

Alien planet with Earth's mass discovered ... but it's an 'iceball'

A newfound alien world is quite Earth-like in some ways, but you wouldn't want to live there.

April 26, 2017

The wreckage of a mysterious ancient planet is orbiting Mars, astronomers discover

Astronomers believe fragments of a mysterious lost world are locked in orbit around Mars.

April 25, 2017

'Ancient tree stump' spotted on Mars?

UFO hunters claim that an image taken by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover shows an ancient tree stump on the surface of the Red Planet.

April 24, 2017

No aliens yet for $100 million ET hunt

A $100 million search for intelligent aliens has come up with some intriguing leads but has revealed no evidence of E.T. so far.

April 14, 2017

Scientists discover atmosphere around distant Earth-like planet

Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super Earth-like planet GJ 1132b, a discovery which could help pave the way to finding life outside our solar system.

April 6, 2017

A car-size asteroid just whipped by Earth

A car-size asteroid was caught on camera just before it approached within 10,100 miles of Earth today — less than one-twentieth the distance from Earth to the moon.