Planetary Formation
Carbon “Super Earths” – Diamond Planets
[/caption]During a laboratory experiment at Ohio State University, researchers were simulating the pressures and conditions necessary to form diamonds in…
Asteroid Lutetia… A Piece Of Earth?
[/caption] According to data received from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, ESO’s New Technology Telescope, and NASA telescopes, strange asteroid Lutetia could…
Was a Fifth Giant Planet Expelled from Our Solar System?
[/caption] Earth's place in the "Goldilocks" zone of our solar system may be the result of the expulsion of a…
New ESA Images Reveal Volcanic History of Mars
[/caption] Earlier this week, The European Space Agency released new Mars images taken by instruments aboard the Mars Express spacecraft.…
Did A Supernova Shape Our Solar System?
[/caption] Away in space some 4.57 billion years ago, in a galaxy yet to be called the Milky Way, a…
Are Black Holes Planet Smashers?
[/caption] Some supermassive black holes are obscured by oddly shaped dust clouds which resemble doughnuts. These clouds have been an…
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Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9
[/caption] Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, has set November 9 as the launch date for the Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars and…
Herschel Observatory Detects ‘Oceans’ of Water Around Distant Star
[/caption] There’s enough water in a planet-forming disk around a distant star to fill several thousand Earth oceans, according to…
How Did Jupiter Shape Our Solar System?
[/caption] Jupiter hasn't always been in the same place in our solar system. Early in the history of our solar…
Cosmic Collisions Could Eject Habitable Planets
[/caption] When it comes to solar systems, chances are good that we're a lot more special than we thought. According…