New Equation Tallies Odds of Life Beginning
Creators factor in “origin-of-life” events and available building blocks
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First Water Clouds Reported outside the Solar System
Signs seen on brown dwarf, an object bigger than a planet and smaller than a star
China Finishes Building the World's Largest Radio Telescope
A dish the size of 30 football fields will search for alien life
Curiosity Rover Stable after "Safe Mode" Glitch
Mission scientists are investigating what caused a suspension the Mars rover's activities on July 2
Supermassive Black Hole Belches X-Rays from Shredded Star
Researchers used "light echoes" from the the doomed star to map material around the normally dormant black hole
Rare Newborn Planet May Be the Youngest Ever Detected
The Kepler space telescope has discovered an exoplanet that is just five million to 10 million years old—much younger than the typical planet
Newfound Asteroid is "Quasi-Moon" of Earth
Space rock is caught in a “little dance” with our planet, and will bob around us for years to come
When Will China's "Heavenly Palace" Space Lab Fall Back to Earth?
Satellite trackers debate where and when eight-ton Tiangong-1 will come down
What Does Mars Smell Like?
Trying to create a whiff of an alien atmosphere—sunbaked sulfur and chalk
The Universe May Be Expanding Faster Than Astronomers Thought
“Dark radiation” is named as a possible factor, as a new study suggests expansion could be 9 percent faster
Mystery of Martian Methane Deepens
After two years on the Red Planet, NASA's Curiosity rover rules out a seasonal explanation for an observed methane spike
NASA Probes Witness Powerful Magnetic Storms near Earth
Explosive interactions of sun’s and Earth’s fields endanger astronauts and power grids
Why Is Mercury's Transit of the Sun So Rare?
With Mercury’s inclined orbit, transits come 13 times a century
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SpaceX Racks Up Another Sea Landing [Video]
The second successful landing of a Falcon 9 booster on a floating barge is a milestone for the aerospace company
Nearby Star Harbors Trio of Earth-Size Worlds
Astronomers speculate that the three planets orbiting the small, cool star TRAPPIST-1 could support life
SpaceX May Launch Private Mars Mission as Early as 2018
The company is said to be demonstrating technology to land large payloads
Distant Dwarf Planet Has Its Own Moon
Orbiting object could hold lessons about the remote world Makemake
New Horizons Has Big Plans beyond Pluto
An extended mission for the space probe would take it to a small Kuiper Belt object in 2019
Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Megamergers Are Weaker Than Predicted
A search for low-frequency “hums” from supermassive black holes comes up empty
British Astronaut Tim Peake Sets Off-World Record Running Marathon in Space
European Space Agency astronaut used an International Space Station treadmill to march 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) to the “finish line”
