Universe Today
Astronomers Find a Hidden Planet Partly in the Habitable Zone of its Star
Astronomers have found another super-Earth. It's about 10 times more massive than Earth, and orbits in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star about 2475 light-years away. These massive Earth-like planets hold key information about how planets form and evolve.
Webb Watches Haze Rise and Fall in Pluto's Atmosphere
When the New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto and Charon in 2015, it revealed two amazingly complex worlds and an active atmosphere on Pluto. Those snapshots redefined our understanding of the system. Now, new observations using the James Webb Space Telescope taken over the space of a week, show that Pluto's atmosphere is completely different from any other one in the Solar System.
What Life on Europa Needs
As the years go by, the chance of Europa hosting life seems to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.
Do the Clouds of Venus Really Host Life?
On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story.
Reusable Chinese Rocket Soft-Lands in the Ocean in a New Test
Chinese rocket startup Space Epoch put on a show recently, with a demonstration test launch of their reusable Yanxinghe-1 rocket booster.
How Likely Is Life on Mars?
Mars is by far the most Earth-like planet in the solar system…but that's not saying much.
