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An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth
Two million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back, potentially cooling our planet, new research claims.
Which way does Earth spin? What about the other planets?
While Earth spins in the same direction as the sun, that's not the case for every planet in the solar system.
Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth
A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over Earth. It was captured from the U.K. on June 1.
Things are finally looking up for the Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft
Two of the four science instruments aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft are now returning usable data after months of transmitting only gibberish, NASA scientists have announced.
'A force more powerful than gravity within the Earth': How magnetism locked itself inside our planet
"As the magma cooled to form what is today the world's solid outer crust, magnetism was locked into minerals containing iron, such as magnetite."
Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years
An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.
Why can't we see the far side of the moon?
Spacecraft have visited and photographed the far side of the moon, but why can't we see it from Earth?
Jupiter may be the reason why Earth has a moon, new study hints
The great planetary instability, which saw Jupiter and the other gas giants wander chaotically through the solar system, coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon. Could the two events be linked?
Aliens may be hitching rides on meteors to colonize the cosmos, study suggests. Here's how we could spot them.
A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping aliens may reside.
