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Rare photos from the surface of Venus
Venus has a harsh climate, so spacecraft only survive for a very short time after landing.
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Conquer Mars
More confirmation about alien life world captured by NASA
Scientists have made more evidence that the South Pole of Earth's neighbor planet harbors a vast underground water chamber - where NASA hopes life could exist.
Space science
NASA releases never-before-seen images of Uranus
New images reveal many mysteries of Uranus, one of the most distant planets in the Solar System.
Discover science
Klein Bottle: Why can't Earth's water fill this magical interdimensional device?
Water on Earth, one of the planet's most precious resources, seems to be inexhaustible.
Space science
Tonight 'The paradoxical Earth' has life appearing, how to observe?
On the rare occasion when our planet is at opposition, with good binoculars you can see Europa, our closest potentially habitable world.
Space science
Strange exoplanet discovered, only as big as Neptune but denser than steel
An exoplanet the size of Neptune and denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers.
Space science
Discovery of mysterious dwarf planet beyond Neptune stuns astronomers
At this time, scientists who are theoretical experts in many different fields are trying to guess how the rings around the dwarf planet Quaoar exist.
Space science
A celestial body you see was born from Earth in just a few hours.
A new supercomputer simulation based on known data about Earth, the Moon and the hypothetical planet Theia has revealed a shocking piece of Earth's history.
Space science
'Planet 9' left its mark on Earth before disappearing?
A mysterious planet may have approached the early Sun at a distance slightly farther than Uranus and rearranged everything in the star system.
Space science
Humans reach for the stars in 2024
In 2024, space missions will no longer be limited to low Earth orbit and the Moon. We are aiming for bigger and further goals.
Space science
Researchers discover first 'conjoined' twin planets in the universe
The ALMA radio observatory in Chile's deadly Atacama Desert has just collected incredible data from a pair of giant planets bound together in a single orbit.
Space science
What happens if a star explodes near Earth?
The answer is not simple and depends on the distance between the exploding star and our planet.
Conquer Mars
The first plane crash investigation on another planet
Ingenuity, NASA's Mars research helicopter, crashed on January 18, 2024 due to a problem with its guidance system.
Oceanography
Strange Antarctic animal can live up to 11,000 years
One of the most astonishing examples is the Antarctic sponge Monorhaphis chuni, with one specimen estimated to be over 11,000 years old.
Space science
The Truth About the Solar System's 3rd Habitable Planet
The Solar System actually has three planets in its orbit.