Venus’s surface is covered in strange wiggling lines that may form when colossal stacks of lava…
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Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life
Could life on Mars have hidden from extreme weather in a cavern on the Pavonis Mons…
Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life
When Mars was young parts of the planet may have been able to sustain RNA, a…
Comet 67P is hiding nitrogen that could solve a solar system mystery
The Rosetta spacecraft’s measurements of comet 67P have revealed a hidden source of nitrogen that may…
Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life
Proxima Centauri b, a planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbour, is being blasted with cosmic rays…
ESA and Russia delay troubled ExoMars mission launch until 2022
The ExoMars mission, a joint venture between the European and Russian space agencies, will be delayed…
Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b
Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron…
Oxygen in lunar rocks suggests the moon formed in huge collision
A leading theory for the formation of the moon is that a planet called Theia smashed…
Black hole from the early universe is blasting us with a powerful jet
A huge black hole from when the universe was less than a billion years old is…
Neutrinos determined where galaxies formed in the early universe
In the early universe, particles called neutrinos had a starring role in determining where galaxy clusters…