Was Mars once home to ALIENS? Water vapours rising from the Red Planet suggest it ‘may have been habitable’, study reveals Scientists have detected water vapour rising through Mars’ atmosphere The findings could offer insights into the Martian water cycle They also indicate the Red Planet could have been home to aliens in the past … Read more
There are around 300 million planets that exist outside our Solar System but within the Milky Way which could potentially harbour life, according to NASA. Four of them are within just 30 light-years from Earth, with the closest just 20 light-years away, the space agency states. Researchers arrived at the 300 million figure based on … Read more
Venus is a hellish world with clouds of sulfuric acid, but new research suggests it was an Earth-like oasis billions of years ago – and it would still be habitable if not for Jupiter. Jupiter, which is more than 2.5 times the mass of all other planets in the solar system, may have disrupted Venus’s … Read more
A pair of ‘super Earth’ planets orbiting ‘just within the habitable zone’ of a nearby red dwarf star half the size of the Sun have been discovered by astronomers. The star these potentially rocky world’s orbit is called Gliese 887 – it is 11 light years away from the Earth and one of the brightest … Read more