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Mars crater holds planetary record

The biggest crater in the solar system has been discovered on Mars. Scientists believe it was blasted out of the Red Planet by another world around 1,200 miles wide - bigger than Pluto.They say the...

At last! White stuff on Mars is water

Excited space scientists believe they have finally found the water on Mars that they have been seeking for more than 30 years. It showed up as bright chunks of white ice in a trench scooped out of...

Three super-Earths orbit same star

Three new super-Earths have been spotted around the same star in a remarkable new discovery by planet-hunters announced today. The new worlds - all less than ten times the Earth's mass - are orbiting...

New planet 'is most like Earth'

Astronomers have discovered a planet only three times the mass of the Earth - the smallest yet found. It is thought to be a rocky world, like our own, and possibly covered by an ocean.The new planet...

Postcards from Mars 'reveal water'

NASA's latest visitor to Mars has sent its first postcards home - and they offer clear evidence that it is sitting on top of a huge mass of water ice.The $460 million Phoenix probe's pin-sharp...

Success! Phoenix lands safely on Mars

Space scientists are celebrating after their latest Mars probe survived a perilous landing on the Red Planet to begin a mission to seek out clues to life.NASA's $460 million Phoenix craft touched...

Phoenix heads for Mars landing

NASA's latest space probe to Mars, Phoenix, is heading for a landing in the far north of the planet this weekend.If all goes well, it will dig into the permafrost to look for the basic ingredients...

Amateurs monitor storm on Saturn

NASA scientists have acknowledged the value of amateur observations in supporting their exploration of Saturn. They are using studies by hobbyists to help keep track of a powerful thunderstorm that...

Graphic Novel Review| "Doctor Who" #1

"Legends tell of the planet Gallifrey, born before the dark time, home of the most powerful beings in the cosmos. By harnessing the powers of a black hole, they traveled in time. They became benign...

Book Review| Graphic Novel version of Richard Matheson's "I am Legend"

So who decides if you are human? Is if enough that each person holds on to the unshakeable belief that he or she is human? What if everyone else thought that you were not one of them? Does that shake...