Ars Technica

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space. With a background as a US Congressman, reality TV star, and television ...
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A Mars-Sized Planet Crashed Into Earth — And Created Life As We Know It

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that Earth’s life-friendly conditions may never have existed without a monumental cosmic accident. Researchers from the University of Bern ...
Los Angeles Times

Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists revealed this week that Mars’ innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth’s. The Chinese-led research team based their findings on seismic ...
Space.com

TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

"At this point, we can rule out TRAPPIST-1d from a list of potential Earth twins or cousins." There's bad news for our hopes of habitable planets existing around TRAPPIST-1, with the James Webb Space ...
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Is there a ‘Planet Y’? Scientists suggest Earth-sized planet could be lurking in our Solar System

A new study suggests our solar system may be hiding yet another mysterious world. Researchers believe an Earth-sized planet, nicknamed Planet Y, could be lurking far beyond Neptune, subtly tugging at ...