solar system

Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

Posted in Science on 3rd Jun, 2026
by Alexander Muller

The solar system we live in today is not the one that formed 4.5 billion years ago. At least one other planet existed back then, and a rare meteorite is our first physical proof.

A 4.45-Billion-Year-Old Crystal From Mars Reveals the Planet Had Water From the Beginning

Posted in Science on 29th Dec, 2024
by Alexander Muller

What is clear is that the crust of Mars, like Earth, had water shortly after it formed, a necessary ingredient for habitability.

Likely Mars sized planet at two times the distance to Neptune

Posted in Science on 23rd Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

An unknown, unseen 'planetary mass object' may lurk in the outer reaches of our solar system.

Star's seven Earth-sized worlds set record

Posted in Science on 22nd Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

Astronomers have detected a record seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star.

Scientists plan on contacting the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System

Posted in Science on 28th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission to Proxima b - the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System.