During its 4.5-billion-year life span, Earth’s been hit by countless asteroids. (Despite Jupiter’s noble attempts at defending it.) But while it’s easy to imagine the damage they’ve done, just how big ...
Scientists using NASA’s Kepler, a space telescope, recently discovered six planets made of a mix of rock and gases orbiting a single sun-like star, known as Kepler-11, which is located approximately 2 ...