Oxford researchers outline the various evolutionary steps to human existence These steps take longer than a planet is actually habitable before its star dies What’s happened on Earth is unlikely typical of what happens on…
An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang and can still be observed today, Sir Roger Penrose has said, as he received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Sir Roger, 89, who won the honour for his seminal work proving…
NASA used data from the now-defunct Kepler telescope to scan Milky Way Found 50% of Sun-like stars likely have planets which host liquid water This range of habitable worlds could be as low as 7% or as…
No other satellite is as large, relative to the planet it orbits, as the Moon. How did the Earth end up with such a whopping neighbour? The Moon is a mystery. Everyone on Earth can…
Huge black hole has been growing far faster than scientists would expect for a black hole so young A giant black hole, as massive as 12 billion suns, has been found by astronomers and seems…
A scientific team of American alien hunters claims that if advanced life does indeed exist on any one of a 1,000 different star systems, they could be watching Earth right now! American alien hunters are probably the world’s most…
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray observatory ever built, has generated over 23 trillion bytes of data since it launched on July 23, 1999. From its highly elliptical orbit around Earth (the observatory makes it one-third…
An asteroid heading towards the Earth has a fraction of a percentage chance of colliding with the planet, according to Nasa. The space agency said that the asteroid, called 2018VP1, has a 0.41 per cent chance of hitting…
WATER is “common” across alien worlds according to the most extensive study of exoplanet atmospheres yet. Scientists say it offers hope in the hunt for life on other planets – and could improve how we…
‘Dent’ or anomaly is small but getting bigger, scientists warn Nasa is monitoring a “small but evolving dent” in the Earth’s magnetic field that could cause major problems for satellites and spacecraft. The Earth’s magnetic…
At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Catharine A. Conley has a lofty job title: planetary protection officer. That conjures to mind shades-wearing Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the “Men in Black” movies.…
For about a decade, Joe Davis has been trying to send a message into space. This message is not intended for potential intelligent alien listeners, though. He’s already sent two signals into the void for…
Scientists have found a “lost” planet, in a breakthrough that could help us discover alien life. The planet is thought to be among hundreds of worlds that have gone missing and now can be discovered…