Planet hotter than most stars spotted 25 light years away
5 March 2021
Astronomers may have detected a planet around one of our closest stars that is potentially the second hottest exoplanet ever found
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A dead star may have munched down on an icy exomoon
5 February 2021
We have yet to confirm the existence of moons beyond the solar system, but astronomers say they may have found exomoon remains in the atmosphere of a dead star
An Earth-like planet might orbit our closest single sun-like star
14 January 2021
Tau Ceti is a star just 12 light years away ā and it could host a planet called PXP-4 that sits as close to the star as Earth does to our sun with its year about as long as ours
White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets
12 January 2021
Signs of the metals that make up Earthās crust have been seen in the light coming from four dead stars known as white dwarfs, which may have consumed distant planets similar to ours
Puzzle #89: Do you know which car set off first?
9 December 2020
Solve this weekās fiendish puzzle Sunday drivers. Plus the answer to puzzle #88
There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system
2 December 2020
Bizarre volcanoes that ooze ice magma or explode like geysers reveal the geological rumblings beneath other worlds. Some might even provide the spark for alien lifeĀ
Weāve seen a planet being born while its star is still forming
17 November 2020
Astronomers may have seen a Jupiter-like planet begin to form while its host star is still growing, proving a long-held theory about planet formation
We can harness the solar wind to sail to the farthest corners of space
28 October 2020
Rockets eventually run out of fuel, which limits how far they can go. But now we are mastering the art of solar sailing, we can expect to keep exploring into distant, uncharted space
11Ā of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world
5 October 2020
All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin all make our list of best sci-fi escapism
When things look bleak, thinking in terms of āhope horizonsā can help
23 September 2020
With wildfires raging, the outlook looks bleak from San Francisco. Thinking about the future in terms of āhope horizonsā can help, writes Annalee Newitz
