The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life
19 April 2017
The announcement of a new habitable, “Earth-like” planet made us wonder – where should we look first?
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Found 317 results for dwarf planet
Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune
9 March 2017
The third-largest dwarf planet has a small satellite, meaning every object bigger than 1000 kilometres across in the outer solar system has a moon of its own
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
16 February 2017
The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life
Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler's supernova
16 January 2017
In 1604, the last Milky Way supernova recorded by naked-eye observers brightened the night sky. Despite 400 years of study, we still don't know what lit the fuse
Proxima Centauri really does orbit its two bright neighbours
29 November 2016
After a century of speculation, we now know the little planet-bearing star revolves around Alpha Centauri A and B every 550,000 years
Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life
23 November 2016
The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest
Proxima b's hyperactive star is more sun-like than thought
14 October 2016
The star hosting the nearest exoplanet has a multi-year activity cycle, much like the sun – but its powerful maximum could prove deadly
New Horizons discovery raises solar wind riddle around Pluto
14 September 2016
The spacecraft’s observations of the dwarf planet’s atmosphere have raised questions over existing models of the solar wind
Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere
26 August 2016
We’ve just found a potentially habitable exoplanet nearby, but monthly violent outbursts from the star Proxima Centauri could be bad news for life
Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained
10 August 2016
A new-found object orbiting at extreme angles to the planets hints at new puzzle in the outer solar system - in addition to Planet Nine
