NASA's InSight Mars Lander Reveals What's Inside the Red Planet	August 11, 2020 at 7:00 am
Using the seismometer on the lander, researchers from Rice University have peeled back the layers below the surface of the red planet like a giant, dusty onion.
Venus May Be Geologically Active After All	July 23, 2020 at 7:01 am
The crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of acid make Venus an unappealing vacation spot, but scientists may have made a discovery that makes it just a little more Earth-like. Research from the University of Maryland suggests Venus may be volcanically active like Earth.
Scorching Heat May Help Mercury Manufacture Ice	March 18, 2020 at 8:04 am
We all think of Mercury as a tremendously hot world, which it is, being the closest to the sun. However, it also has a surprising amount of ice for such a toasty little planet.
NASA's InSight Lander Finds Mars Magnetic Field Is 10 Times Stronger Than Expected	March 9, 2020 at 4:03 pm
The InSight lander has now shown there's still more magnetic field activity on Mars than expected — about 10 times more, in fact.
What If Planet 9 Is Actually a Tiny Black Hole?	October 1, 2019 at 7:29 am
There's increasing evidence of another planet out there at the extreme edge of the solar system, but a new analysis suggests that may not be a planet at all. Instead, it could be a tiny black hole.
NASA Says Venus May Have Supported Life Billions of Years Ago	September 25, 2019 at 7:30 am
Today, Venus and Earth don't have a lot in common other than being about the same size and orbiting the same star. Venus has crushing atmospheric pressure and a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead. However, Venus might have been more Earth-like in the past.
TESS Finds Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Just 31 Light Years Away	August 1, 2019 at 1:43 pm
The solar system known as GJ 357 hosts not one but three exoplanets. What's more, one of those planets is a super-Earth in the habitable region of the star.
NASA's TESS Spots 3 New Exoplanets in Rare Solar System	July 30, 2019 at 8:15 am
The super-Earth is scorching hot, and the others are cooler. However, they're not ice worlds like Neptune.
Scientists Simulate Human Colonization of the Milky Way	June 27, 2019 at 7:16 am
NASA's JPL challenged scientists around the world to devise a process to colonize the galaxy in the most efficient way possible. It might take a few million years, but simulations show how we could do it.
Scientists Create Model of Ring Around Dwarf Planet Haumea	May 22, 2019 at 4:01 pm
Haumea is too distant to observe the rings directly, but researchers with the São Paulo Research Foundation have now worked out the characteristics of Haumea's rings with a simulation.
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