Budget NASA missions will head for asteroids or hellish Venus
1 October 2015
Targets for a 2020 space mission include our hellishly hot neighbour or a heavy metal asteroid called Psyche
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Found 317 results for dwarf planet
New Pluto pics show weird terrain shaped by alien ‘water’ cycle
17 September 2015
The latest downloads from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a hazy nitrogen atmosphere backlit by the setting sun – and a landscape bizarrely resembling Earth
Giant old galaxies, not Milky Ways, are best for life to thrive
1 August 2015
Looking at how quickly stars form can nail down the galaxies that should be best for life – and our own doesn't come out on top
Earth-like alien world looms into view through Kepler telescope
23 July 2015
The alien planet is a rocky world circling a sun-like star at a distance that should allow it to carry liquid water
New Horizons team baffled by discovery of icy plains on Pluto
17 July 2015
Data downloaded from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in the past few days has revealed strange terrain, a large atmosphere and yet more mysteries on Pluto
Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time
17 July 2015
Stars vibrate like musical instruments, a property that tells us about their insides – and that could reveal gigantic gravitational waves
Pluto wows with first close view of ice mountains on its surface
15 July 2015
The first high-resolution photos of the dwarf planet's surface are stunning - but they are nothing like we expected
Cheers and celebrations as NASA hears from Pluto spacecraft
15 July 2015
After a nine-year journey, the New Horizons spacecraft has finally reached Pluto and phoned home to report it is in good health
Pluto and Charon shine in latest images in advance of fly-by
13 July 2015
The flood of images of the last outpost in the solar system is about to begin – here are some of the spectacular previews
Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons's closest approach
13 July 2015
The former planet is less than a day from its close-up, and it is already showing ice caps, streams of nitrogen and a bigger girth than expected
