Even brown dwarfs have grey days
10 June 2009
Objects halfway between a planet and a star have been shown to feature weather patterns, enhancing their status as the universe's hybrids
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Broken dwarf planet may have scarred the moon
3 June 2009
The shattered remnants of a dwarf planet may have bombarded the inner planets in the early solar system, suggests a new analysis of craters on the moon
Life-friendly worlds may snap, crackle and pop
18 March 2009
Alien worlds that are hospitable to life could reveal themselves by radio signals crackling from their magnetic fields
Remains of devoured planet discovered
19 November 2008
The dusty remains of a distant planet show what happens to a gas giant if it survives a red giant explosion
Early images reveal frosts on Pluto
21 May 2008
The weather on Pluto is revealed by a new analysis of images taken soon after the dwarf planet was discovered
Planet diet helps white dwarfs stay young and trim
16 January 2008
Eating up a Jupiter-sized planet means an ageing star could look younger and become less massive, says a US researcher
Monster icebergs left deep scratch marks on seabed
27 June 2007
Icebergs nearly a kilometre tall once passed by the coast of Greenland, and left their marks for us to find
Pluto holds its own in the war of the moons
20 June 2007
Pluto isn't the biggest dwarf planet in the solar system, but it does have more moons
Local stars influence planet growth
14 June 2006
Planets that form around red dwarfs – the most common type of star in the cosmos – can be strongly influenced by their interstellar neighbours
Tempestuous young Sun kept Earth in its place
18 May 2005
Massive and violent solar flares may have saved a nascent Earth from spiralling into the Sun during the early stages of planet formation
