What is a molten planet? Are there molten planets in our solar system today?

A molten planet is a planetary object; a surface or deep interior of which is mostly or wholly in a liquid-rock (magma) form ...
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Alien Life Could Look Nothing Like What We Expect. Here’s How Microbes Beyond Earth Might Live Without Liquid Water

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity

The original story “ Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity ” is published in The Brighter Side of ...

Garbled Radio Signals May Explain Why We Haven’t Heard From Aliens

A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before they reach us.

Asteroid containing what you need to make DNA is in our solar system

Don't worry, it's not hurtling towards us.
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The real space science of Project Hail Mary

Then there’s the science. Project Hail Mary is based on Andy Weir’s ‘hard sci-fi’ book of the same name, published in 2021, six years after his earlier novel The Martian was adapted into Ridley ...

Project Hail Mary Features A Secret Subplot You Didn't Notice [Exclusive]

Project Hail Mary has a lot of ground to cover, from communicating with an alien to complex science, but there's one ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...