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[ad_1] <! – -> Looking at Earth from the asteroid Lutece. Image via J. Major / ESA Via the Technical University of Munich Sixty-five million years ago, a 15-kilometer asteroid erased two-thirds …

[ad_1] <! – -> Looking at Earth from the asteroid Lutece. Image via J. Major / ESA Via the Technical University of Munich Sixty-five million years ago, a 15-kilometer asteroid erased two-thirds …

[ad_1] This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed to Space.com's expert voice article: Op-Ed and Insights. Around sunrise on February 15, 2013, an extremely bright object from another …

[ad_1] The group of researchers published six studies aimed at explaining how scientists should look for exoplanets for the signs of life, both now and later, using near-future technologies. An exoplanet is …

[ad_1] It is too early to conclude that life exists on Enceladus, the sixth largest of the 62 confirmed moons of Saturn. But scientists are intrigued because liquid water, a source of …

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[ad_1] Washington, DC, June 30 (NASA) The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has detected an astonishing picture of a huge collection of aging stars, believed to be 10 billion years old. This handful …

[ad_1] The surface of Mars bears imprints of structures that resemble fluvial steam systems on Earth. Scientists therefore badume that there was enough water on the red planet to feed the streams …

[ad_1] The contours observed on Mars today may have been created by runoff, say scientists who found that the ramification angles of the valleys on the red planet were very similar to …

[ad_1] Washington, June 14 (IANS) An unprecedented sandstorm on Mars threatens the survival of NASA's solar-powered Opportunity rover, the US space agency announced. "We are worried, but we hope that the storm …