(Natural News) A study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters discovered a pathway that explains how small celestial bodies called centaurs arrive from the outer solar system into Earth’s neighborhood. The researchers said that a gateway region near Jupiter is causing centaurs to change their orbits. Once they pass through this region, most centaurs eventually join a group called the Jupiter-family comets – […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the Astronomical Journal found that as much as seven habitable planets could be orbiting a star, advancing the search for extraterrestrial life forms. The researchers noted that the absence of a gas giant such as Jupiter can mean more planets could have the favorable conditions to facilitate life. This […]

(Natural News) One of the more interesting things about the planet Jupiter is that it also has an aurora, just like the ones here on Earth. For a long time, scientists have wondered about the origin of Jupiter’s aurora, which is said to be the brightest in the solar system. Now, a recent study has found just […]

(Natural News) When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins returned to Earth after their manned mission to the moon, the triumphant astronauts were put into a 21-day period of isolation. Per NASA safety protocols, this was to make sure that the Earth’s first visitors to the moon wouldn’t spread any potentially hazardous lunar microbes. […]

(Natural News) Those looking for signs of life outside our planet should take a look first at what’s living deep beneath the ocean’s surface, according to astrobiologists. In a talk presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference, post-doctoral investigator Amy Smith said the Lo’ihi seamount, located just off the southeastern coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, can […]

(Natural News) A study published in the journal Science Advances believes that subterranean oceans lurking underneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a similar salt composition to oceans on Earth after the Hubble Space Telescope spotted sodium chloride, or salt, on the surface of the icy moon. Scientists now believe that other similarities may be discovered between the oceans of the two worlds. […]

(Natural News) Many stars out in space are much smaller and colder than the sun. But these small celestial bodies may still unleash stellar flares that dwarf the mightiest solar flares known to man. Researchers have recently detected a white-light superflare from a star around the size of Jupiter. It is the coolest and smallest […]

(Natural News) Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, is a popular target for space probes and theories that are hoping to find extraterrestrial life on other worlds. However, an article in The Independent reported that the way to its frozen surface – and the liquid sea hidden beneath that shell – might be blocked by giant shards of ice. If […]

(Natural News) A new study says chances are good that the Jovian moon Europa is hosting some form of alien lifeform. What’s more, a lander would not have to drill too deep into the icy moon before it comes across solid evidence of extraterrestrial life, an article in Scientific American reported. With a diameter of […]

(Natural News) The ice cap of frozen worlds – like the Jovian moon Europa – could be concealing alien life. In a Space.com article, new research suggests that heat from the hydrothermal vents at the bottom of global oceans could be reacting with oxidants that penetrate the ice sheet, there providing the conditions for life […]