The team of Nasa scientists tasked with sorting through the vast amounts of data produced by Nasa’s Kepler telescope have identified 715 previously unknown planets beyond our solar system.
Astronomers have found three planets that may be capable of supporting life orbiting the Gliese 667C star, which is just 22 light years away from earth
A new “super-Earth” planet has been discovered that may have an earth-like climate that could support life has been discovered…
Sometimes we all need a little perspective, both of our own complexity compared to the tiny atoms and microbes in and around us, but also when compared to the sheer scale of the universe that we can observe.
The Curiosity rover, the one-tonne exploration vehicle from the US space agency NASA, has touched down on Mars to start its two year exploratory and investigative mission