Dawn spacecraft set for first visit to a dwarf planet
3 March 2015
The asteroid-hopping spacecraft will arrive at Ceres on Friday, making it the first to visit a dwarf planet and the first to visit two different worlds
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Dead star leaves behind Jupiter's Ghost
2 February 2015
Not every star ends with a bang. A beautiful post-mortem portrait reveals a cloud of gas surrounding a jewel-like white dwarf
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
28 January 2015
The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe – meaning the galaxy made an early start on planet building
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
27 January 2015
The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe – meaning the galaxy made an early start on planet building
Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap
7 January 2015
You don't need a multi-million-dollar budget to find alien worlds – off-the-shelf scopes rigged together can spot our cosmic neighbours too
Star's flying visit could fling comets at Earth
17 December 2014
It might not happen for a quarter of a million years, but a nearby star coming closer to the sun could send planetary remnants hurtling to Earth
2015 preview: Pluto gets ready for its first close-up
16 December 2014
Our current best snapshot of Pluto is just a handful of pixels captured by the Hubble Space Telescope – that should change when New Horizons flies by
Young, hotheaded stars could host habitable worlds
10 December 2014
"Infant Earths" could expand the search for alien life – but there's a warning note for supposedly habitable planets orbiting mature stars
Pluto probe prepares to wake after nine-year journey
5 December 2014
After an epic trip covering about 4.76 billion kilometres, the New Horizons spacecraft is about to arrive near Pluto and its remote, icy neighbours
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3 December 2014
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