Earth's Place in the Universe
- Planets
A very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
- Space
Searching for alien life
A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.
- Earth
Deep drilling at sea
Drilling holes deep into the seafloor unveils the ocean's past and hints at Earth's future.
- Space
Burst busters
A powerful type of explosion in outer space is much more common, but not always as powerful, as astronomers had thought.
- Planets
Ringing Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft has arrived at Saturn to start exploring the planet and its rings and moons.
- Planets
Catching a Comet’s Tail
A closeup visit by a NASA spacecraft helps show how a comet gets its shape.
- Space
Asteroid lost and found
A long-lost asteroid that came close to Earth in 1937 has been spotted again.
- Fossils
Did dinosaurs do handstands?
Enormous dinosaurs might have balanced on their front feet when wading in shallow water.
- Space
Big galaxy swallows little galaxy
Astronomers find a convincing case of a large galaxy caught in the act of eating a smaller one.
- Planets
A planet from the early universe
Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe.
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- Space
Black holes that burp
Some black holes in outer space may actually spit out as much material as they suck in.
