NASA 'dream fund' selects submarine for Saturn moon
9 June 2014
A submarine on Titan, a greenhouse on the Red Planet, and a space cowboy hitching a ride to Pluto on a comet top NASA's wild wish list
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Pluto and its moon snuggle under a shared atmosphere
6 June 2014
Nitrogen from Pluto's atmosphere could be flowing over to its moon Charon – something we've never seen in a planet and moon before
Ancient exoplanet may have the right stuff for life
5 June 2014
A possibly rocky world snared from another galaxy is thought to be 11.5 billion years old and may still be warm enough to be friendly to life
Pluto and its moon snuggle under a shared atmosphere
4 June 2014
Nitrogen from Pluto's atmosphere could be flowing over to its moon Charon – something we've never seen in a planet and moon before
Ultimate solar system could contain 60 Earths
30 May 2014
The laws of physics potentially allow one binary star system to contain a surprisingly large number of Earth-like planets, assuming there is enough matter to form the worlds
Smallest life-friendly exoplanet may be lit by auroras
17 April 2014
Found by NASA's Kepler telescope, the world is slightly bigger than Earth and orbits an active red star that could drive dazzling sky shows
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7 April 2014
All the latest on newscientist.com: where's Voyager? push-button orgasms, robot soldier, chromosomes grow up too soon, renewables go global and more
Gaggle of dwarf planets found by dark energy camera
2 April 2014
Designed to study distant galaxies, the world's largest digital camera is also uncovering faint, distant worlds on the outskirts of the solar system
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2 April 2014
Pluto gets another pal, more stem cell trouble, tubercular toms and more
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27 March 2014
All the latest on newscientist.com: metal-eating plants, Facebook and Oculus, face-shifting empathetic robot, stem cell "unethical" culture and more
