The youngest extra-solar planet, six times the mass of Jupiter -- 1.9x1027 kg, has been discovered.
The giant planet named BD+20 1790b is only 35 million years old and orbits a young active central star at a distance closer than Mer- cury orbits the sun.
International space missions have found ice on the moon and more evidence of ice on Mars -- good news for future settlements and also for scientists looking for extraterrestrial life.
Four reports published in Friday's issue of the journal Science show clear evidence of water, likely frozen, on the desert surfaces of both the Moon and Mars.
A Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station said on Sunday it looks like Earth's ice caps have melted a bit since he was last in orbit 12 years ago.
Bob Thirsk, who is two months into a planned six-month stay aboard the station, said he is mostly in awe when he looks out the window, particularly at the sliver of atmosphere wrapped around the planet.
A large comet or asteroid has slammed into the Jupiter, creating an impact site the size of Earth, pictures by an Australian amateur astronomer show.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed the discovery using its large infrared telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, said computer programer Anthony Wesley, 44, who discovered the impact zone while stargazing at home.
The next two decades will see another human being setting foot on the moon---------
On July 20, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was one of those moments when the world watched with awe as men took their first steps onto another world. Armstrong and Aldrin were followed by 10 other Americans and then the programme came to an abrupt end.
The next two decades will see another human being setting foot on the moon---------
On July 20, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was one of those moments when the world watched with awe as men took their first steps onto another world. Armstrong and Aldrin were followed by 10 other Americans and then the programme came to an abrupt end.
evolution Link...or is it? A well-preserved fossil of primitive lemur Darwinius masilla, nicknamed Ida is believed to represent the point from which the group of monkeys, apes and humans (anthropoids) evolved. The fossil lacks the traits which characterize a modern lemur, a non-human primate. Instead it has a bone in the ankle that has a human-primate shape and it has thumbs,
Mars may have once been both cold and wet, researchers said Wednesday, suggesting a freezing Martian landscape could still have produced water needed to sustain life.
Scientists searching for a planet like Earth said on Tuesday they have found the smallest planet ever detected outside the solar system, less than twice the size of our own.
