Mystery cold spot on Jupiter's moon Europa could be 'almost anything'
3 September 2018
The first full temperature map of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has revealed one spot that seems colder than anywhere else on the surface - but we have no clue why
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Found 674 results for dwarf planet
Forgotten giants: Why the time is ripe to revisit Uranus and Neptune
25 July 2018
A fleeting glimpse of the ice giants 30 years ago hinted at very weird science that could tell us a lot about exoplanets. Now we have a rare chance to go back
Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life
18 July 2018
In the hunt for life beyond Earth, we've been looking for planets and stars like our own. But that is flawed – and a new plan promises answers in our lifetimes
Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago
18 July 2018
The outer solar system hosts a number of small bodies in mixed up orbits – and they may have been scattered there by a passing star
Trio of stars shows Einstein is still right about relativity
4 July 2018
A fundamental rule of general relativity has passed its most extreme test yet, courtesy of the movements of three distant stars
Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs
30 May 2018
Questions such as whether Mars ever hosted life are too big to be left to any one nation – efforts to join forces on space missions are the future
Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper
21 May 2018
An asteroid that has been orbiting backwards near Jupiter for billions of years may actually be an interstellar rock captured by our solar system
Frankenstein planets may form from the wreckage of dead worlds
17 May 2018
When stars die, they can explode and destroy any planets nearby. But new worlds could arise out of the debris and some could reach the mass of 10 Earths
Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare
10 April 2018
Bad news for life near Proxima Centauri – the star has been seen emitting explosive blasts of radiation that would destroy the ozone on its Earth-like planet
Gooey nitrogen ice may make Pluto’s crater-free heart look young
27 March 2018
The surface of Sputnik Planitia, part of a heart-shaped plain on Pluto, has no craters at all. They may have been filled in by soft, flowing nitrogen ice
