Astronomers have found a unique solar system with six planets moving in harmony, untouched by outside forces since their creation billions of years ago. This discovery, announced on Wednesday, could help us understand how other solar systems in the Milky Way galaxy formed. This solar system is located 100 light-years […]
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have used two different exoplanet-detecting satellites to solve a cosmic mystery and reveal a rare family of six planets located about 100 light-years from Earth. The discovery could help scientists […]
The Earth has had its fair share of asteroid collisions, the biggest coming some 66 million years ago when a city-sized space rock smashed into the planet. It released an amount of energy equivalent to the detonation of 72 trillion tons (65 metric tons) of TNT, scooping a 100-mile-wide (180 […]
For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific disciplines. Understanding an atom’s structure and the development of nuclear science allowed scientists to accomplish the old goal of alchemists – turning one element into another. Over the past few decades, scientists in the United States, […]
Jupiter-like planets may be a common occurrence in the interplanetary space near our solar system, especially around stars similar to our sun, a new study suggests. If future observations confirm this hypothesis, it would mean the architecture of our solar system is not as uncommon as it is conventionally considered […]
What cosmic object ‘Arrokoth’ can tell us about our solar system’s formation A new study from researchers at the Southwest Research Institute has unearthed a fascinating discovery about Arrokoth, a trans-Neptunian object made famous by the New Horizons probe on New Year’s Day in 2020. It would appear that the […]
On Earth, massive amounts of methane are trapped within white, cage-like chemical structures. These deposits are primarily found in permanently frozen polar regions as well as on the seafloor, but the key here is that they’re not specific to our planet. Similar reservoirs are known to exist on bodies across […]
Scientists have found carbon dioxide (CO2) on Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, for the first time. The chemical compound, which is famously abundant on Earth, was detected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on the moon’s frozen surface. It may have originated from the vast ocean that’s thought to exist beneath its icy […]