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You know how you sometimes can sense that something is present even though you can't see it? Well, astronomers are getting that feeling about a giant, hidden object in space. And when we say giant, we mean GIANT. Evidence is mounting that either a brown dwarf star or a gas giant planet is...

Largest planet in the solar system could be about to be discovered - and it's up to four times the size of Jupiter Scientists believe they may have found a new planet in the far reaches of the solar system, up to four times the mass of Jupiter. Its orbit would be thousands of times further...

Indian media is reporting that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been approached by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to partner with NASA in a proposed robotic mission to the lunar South Pole region. The robotic mission is called MoonRise and is one of three candidate missions...

It's a good thing comets don't hold a grudge. If they did, comet Tempel 1 would have a few choice words for NASA when the agency's next spacecraft comes calling. That encounter is set for Valentine's Day and should be a peaceable affair, as the Stardust spacecraft whizzes within 124 miles (200...

This the Russian perspective on earth changes. Hard facts that are going unreported in America.The atmospheres of the planets are changing. Dr. Dmitriev's work shows that the planets themselves are changing. They are undergoing changes in their atmospheres. For example the Martian atmosphere is...

Gigantic UFO Objects Photographed in Sun's Center 01-14-2011 04:05 AM 'I received an e-mail tonight from a man named Julian which included a link to two photos he had taken with his cell phone camera on either December 20 or 21 (he can't remember exactly), at approximately 1:15 pm Eastern...

While planets like Mercury and Mars tend to move quickly around the zodiac, it's the movement of the outer lying planets that is a rarer occurrence, because they're farther away from Earth and the Sun. When Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune make their transits this year, their impact is heavy; these...

Russian scientists are very close to a mysterious lake in Antarctica. Only five meters until they reach this lake. Fifteen million years old maybe more, the location is deep beneath the icy crust of Antarctica. This frozen lake might contain prehistoric or unknown life. Now, Russian scientists...

A huge asteroid discovered more than 100 years ago may not be an asteroid at all, but a dormant comet that is just now coming back to life, according to new observations. The object, known as 596 Scheila, is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) wide and has a faint, wispy tail that suggests it may...

An asteroid discovered more than 100 years ago may not be an asteroid at all, but an extinct comet that is coming back to life, according to new observations. The night of December 11, Steve Larson with the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) at the University of Arizona was searching for potentially...

By Dave Mosher December 27, 2010 4:00 pm An enormous storm has erupted in Saturn’s northern hemisphere. Amateurs first sighted the storm earlier this month, but the Cassini spacecraft moved into a good position on Dec. 24 to photograph it from...

By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco Voyager is approaching the edge of the bubble of charged particles the Sun has thrown out into space Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, has reached a new milestone in its quest to leave the Solar System. Now...

In an exciting example of international collaboration, a Qatar astronomer teamed with scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and other institutions to discover a new alien world. This "hot Jupiter," named Qatar-1b, adds to the growing...

Voyager is approaching the edge of the bubble of charged particles the Sun has thrown out into space Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, has reached a new milestone in its quest to leave the Solar System. Now 17.4bn km (10.8bn miles) from home, the veteran probe has detected a...

12-09-2010 07:45 AM 'A massive dark object may be lurking on the edge of our solar system, according to scientists. Most comets that fly into the inner solar system seem to come from the outer region of the Oort cloud -* a region of icy dust and debris left over from the birth of the solar...

WASHINGTON – Lately, a handful of new discoveries make it seem more likely that we are not alone — that there is life somewhere else in the universe. In the past several days, scientists have reported there are three times as many stars as they previously thought. Another group of researchers...

check it out - the story that vanished after appearing in the Washington Post in the 1980's has dramatically reappeared: Charles Q. Choi SPACE.com Contributor SPACE.com charles Q. Choi space.com Contributor space.com – Sat Dec 4, 9:00 am ET...

Astronomers have found an alien planet confirmed to come from another galaxy for the first time, a new study finds. The Jupiter-like planet orbits a star that was born in another galaxy and later captured by our own Milky Way sometime between 6 billion and 9 billion years ago, researchers said...

Soon after sunset, as the sky gets dark, look toward the south and you'll immediately notice the brilliant planet Jupiter, but there's another night sky target that also promises a great experience: the amazing Andromeda Galaxy. Jupiter is a great starting point to find the Andromeda Galaxy...

Saturn's icy moon Rhea has an oxygen and carbon dioxide atmosphere that is very similar to Earth's. Even better, the carbon dioxide suggests there's life - and that possibly humans could breathe the air. It seems oxygen is far more abundant than we ever suspected, particularly on...