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An artist?s impression of the white dwarf star WD1054?226 orbited by clouds of planetary debris and a major planet in the habitable zone.

First hints of a planet orbiting in a white dwarf’s habitable zone

11 February 2022

Astronomers have found 65 evenly spaced rocks orbiting a white dwarf star in its habitable zone, hinting that a planet’s gravity may be holding them there

Tiny exoplanet Proxima d is third spotted in nearest star system to us

10 February 2022

A star system just 4.2 light years away called Proxima Centauri is already known to contain two exoplanets, and now astronomers have spotted a third

Is our solar system a cosmic oddity? Evidence from exoplanets says yes

1 December 2021

When we started finding planetary systems around other stars we thought many of them would be like ours. We’ve now found hundreds – and it’s so far, so wrong

Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials.

Now is the perfect time to see dwarf planet Ceres for yourself

24 November 2021

The only dwarf planet in the inner solar system, Ceres will be at its closest to Earth for a week from the end of November. Catch it while you can, says Abigail Beall

Stars imaged by the DECam Plane Survey TIC 400799224 is identified in the crosshairs.

Weird shape-shifting clouds of dust seem to be orbiting a distant star

14 October 2021

The light from a distant star appears to be orbited by something that is continually changing shape and size, possibly clouds of dust from repeated collisions

Jupiter-like planet survived the death of its star without harm

13 October 2021

Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet in its original orbit around a white dwarf for the first time

How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

4 August 2021

How to Mars by David Ebenbach is an amusing novel about a failed attempt at reality TV on Mars. It is a new twist on the genre, says Clare Wilson

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

14 July 2021

To become an interplanetary species, we may have to genetically engineer ourselves to be more resilient, says geneticist Chris Mason. He has a 500-year plan for life away from Earth

An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system

21 June 2021

Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually large comet or even a minor planet, and it will get nearly as close to the sun as Saturn by 2031

Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are

21 June 2021

Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best guess for what it could be doesn’t seem to match up to data from the New Horizons probe