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Planets November 11, 2019

Planet 9 may have already been found, study suggests

Since its launch in April 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found a number of exoplanets, including a so-called "missing link" and an exoplanet with three suns. But a new study suggests the $200 million satellite may have already discovered the mysterious Planet 9.

Planets November 5, 2019

We could go to Venus with today's technology, scientists say

We could go to Venus tomorrow with the technology we have today, urged a NASA scientific advisory group, and the group's members would like to get a mission off the ground as soon as possible.

NASA November 1, 2019

NASA eyes Pluto mission

Just days after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that Pluto should be given back its planet status, the U.S. space agency announced that it has funded a study to see if another orbiter mission is feasible.

Planets November 1, 2019

Asteroid impacts may be vital for exoplanets to support life, study says

Past asteroid impacts may have done significant damage to life on Earth, but a new study suggests that a Goldilocks impact from a space rock might be an important ingredient in supporting life on other planets.

Planets October 29, 2019

Asteroid Hygiea could become the tiniest dwarf planet

As the debate rages on whether Pluto, currently a dwarf planet, should be given back its planet status, it may soon be joined by an asteroid that could wind up being the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system.

NASA October 25, 2019

NASA chief says 'Pluto should be a planet'

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes that Pluto should be a planet again.

NASA October 24, 2019

NASA looks at colliding exoplanets 300 light-years from Earth

A newly published study looks at a star system, BD + 20 307, more than 300 light-years from Earth, which may contain evidence of two exoplanets recently colliding.

Planets October 22, 2019

A faux Saturn moon Titan on Earth could solve solar system mystery

Big, schmancy compounds keep popping up all over the solar system , and new research may help clear up confusion about how they form in so many places.

Planets October 15, 2019

Venus was made of lava and was not 'Earth-like' after all, stunning study says

Last month, new hope arrived in the form of a study that Venus may have been habitable and was home to "liquid water" for 2 to 3 billion years. Now, that hope has seemingly been dashed, with the water replaced by lava, according to a new study.

Spaceflight October 15, 2019

Humans will never live on another planet, Nobel Laureate says. Here's why.

Here's the reality: We're messing up the Earth and any far-out ideas of colonizing another orb when we're done with our own are wishful thinking. That's according to Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist who was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics this year for discovering the first planet orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system.

NASA October 3, 2019

Gigantic black spot spotted on Jupiter by NASA spacecraft

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted a giant black spot on Jupiter that stretched 2,200 miles across the surface of the gas planet.