New Research Says Earth’s Water Didn’t Come from Space — It Was Always Here

New Research Says Earth’s Water Didn’t Come from Space — It Was Always Here

Scientists believe that the majority of Earth’s water came from space, specifically the icy asteroids or water-rich comets that hit the Earth. However, a new study from the University of Oxford is currently challenging this belief. Rethinking Earth’s Water Origins The study, published in the journal Icarus, suggests that during the formation of the Earth, … Read more

Astronomers Found a Planet That Lights Up Like the Aurora Borealis — But It Has No Sun

Astronomers Found a Planet That Lights Up Like the Aurora Borealis — But It Has No Sun

Have you ever seen the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights before? It forms simply when the sun’s charged particles come into contact with our planet’s atmosphere. However, astronomers found a rogue planet named SIMP J01365663+0933473 that lights up with Auroras despite not orbiting a sun. This Planet Doesn’t Orbit a Star Most planets we know, … Read more

Scientists Found a Potentially Habitable Planet, K2-18b — And Think It Could Already Host Alien Life

Scientists Found a Potentially Habitable Planet, K2-18b — And Think It Could Already Host Alien Life

Scientists just found an exoplanet that might already be hosting alien life. Its name is K2-18b, a world just outside of our own solar system, but still inside the Milky Way galaxy. Continue reading below to find out why scientists think that what they found could be signs of life inside the planet. A Super-Earth … Read more