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The Latest Breaking News from Solar System

With its planetarium feature, telescope control and slick design, SkySafari 7 Pro is the best all-round app for astronomers and astrophotographers.

Space

Viral YouTube video explains NASA's search for alien life

A new viral video by a NASA astrobiologist explains the space agency's efforts to find out whether we are alone in the universe.

Space

Alien Life Could Be Hiding in These 4 Weird Places in our Solar System

If there's life on other planets in our Solar System, several recent studies suggest it could turn up in some really bizarre places.

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Astronomers Finally Found the Origin of the Strangest Meteor Shower

The Geminids meteor shower is shrouded in mystery. But NASA's Parker Solar Probe is shining a light on some of its secret origins.

Inverse

Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its icy oceans. But is life there?

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

Space

There could still be a ninth planet in our Solar System – here’s why

We all used to think there were nine planets. But in 2006 the solar system was left with only eight planets, when Pluto was no longer classified as such. Is it still possible there is a planet out there beyond Neptune – possibly way beyond it?

The Conversation

Travel outside the solar system for Exo Rally’s ‘brutally realistic’ racing simulator

Exbleative has announced its next upcoming game, where space meets dune buggies, Exo Rally Championship.

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers asteroid belt comet has water vapor!

NASA's James Webb Telescope camera discovered a mystery in the form of a comet with water - but no carbon monoxide

Digital Camera World

5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System

Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today.

The Conversation

What are meteorites? I visit and study the craters they've left across our planet

Tens of thousands of asteroids – that we know of – are roaming our solar system. These are building blocks made up of metal, silicates, and ice left over from the beginning of time when the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) and their moons were…

The Conversation

A Deep Sea Mission Could Reveal Knowledge Critical for Finding Alien Life

Astrobiologists seeking out alien life in the Solar System may benefit from a new mission exploring hydrothermal vents in Earth's oceans.

Inverse

State-run Anert launches ambitious project to make Kerala capital largest solar city in India

The Kerala government-run Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (Anert) opened a three-day expo, where the public can see, learn, and purchase various solar energy systems to implement a Central government scheme that was launched last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the Smart City Mission.

The Hindu

Earth may have debris from alien star systems trapped in its orbit, new research suggests

A new study questions if our planet could capture rocky and icy visitors from outside the solar system — and how scientists could spot them.

LiveScience

Stand-alone power systems – SAPS – on trial in remote East Gippsland

In some regional towns, power outages are so common they're not even worth counting. But a Victorian-first trial of self-contained solar systems could change that.

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Watch the moon snuggle up to Earth's 'evil twin' Venus today with free livestream

Skywatchers can watch the moon get close to the solar system's hottest planet Venus on Tuesday (May 23) thanks to a free telescope livestream.

Space

See Jupiter's volcanic moon Io glow red-hot in incredible images from NASA's Juno probe

NASA's Juno mission made its 51st flyby of the gas giant planet Jupiter and its moons, catching stunning images of Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system.

Inverse

Saturn's Rings Are Only 100 Million Years Old — Which is About How Long They Have Left

Saturn's rings are the planet's most distinguishing feature, but they're a recent addition to the Solar System — and are already disappearing.

ABC News

Earth-sized alien planet LP 791-18 d believed to be gripped by widespread volcanism

A planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighbourhood is offering evidence of volcanism beyond our solar system, with observations suggesting a rugged and rocky world tormented by constant eruptions.

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Earth-sized alien planet gripped by widespread volcanism

An Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighborhood is offering some of the best evidence to date of volcanism beyond our solar system, with observations suggesting a rugged and rocky world tormented by constant eruptions.

Newcastle Herald

Shocked family faces skyrocketing power bill: from $282 to $675 with no explanation

The Stibbard family invested $5000 in a solar system in an attempt to reduce their bills

LiveScience

James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to collect it

A new analysis of a comet in the asteroid belt reveals frozen water from the early solar system, hinting at the origins of water on Earth.

Salon

Massive auroras in another solar system

A radiation belt 10 million times brighter than Jupiter's shines in a distant solar system

Space

Radiation belt seen beyond our solar system for the 1st time

The radiation belt around the ultracool dwarf star, located around 19 light-years from Earth, is doubled-lobed like the radiation belts around Jupiter — but it's 10 million times brighter.

Space

See the moon meet up with elusive Mercury in a conjunction today

The moon will meet up with Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, in the evening sky on Wednesday, May 17.

The Conversation

Saturn: we may finally know when the magnificent rings were formed

Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their time is short and their existence fleeting.

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