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A new study challenges assumptions about the origins of Earth's water

Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

If the new hypothesis is correct, it could mean better prospects of finding other rock-and-ocean worlds throughout the galaxy.

Mars atmosphere 'eroded by Sun activity'

Posted in Science on 6th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists think they are getting closer to explaining precisely how Mars lost much of its atmosphere.

Most Earth-like worlds have yet to be born, says new NASA study

Posted in Science on 21st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

There should already be 1 billion Earth-sized worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. That estimate skyrockets when you include the other 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

Aliens or not, there's much to discover in the new Kepler data

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

The internet has worked itself into a frenzy over the possibility that weve found an alien mega-structure.

The water discovery ignites new debate on if there could be life on Mars

Posted in Science on 3rd Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

'I think its quite possible there are halophiles that could survive on Mars.'