The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life
19 April 2017
The announcement of a new habitable, “Earth-like” planet made us wonder – where should we look first?
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Atmosphere containing water detected around rocky exoplanet
6 April 2017
An exoplanet just 1.4 times the size of Earth has an atmosphere containing water and methane, new observations show
World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs
5 April 2017
An odd-looking bird named the “new finch” is actually the planet’s biggest canary – and it lives with other largest and smallest species on an isolated island
Feedback: Placenta pills promise new mums more Vitamin U
22 March 2017
Plus: an ocean cruise that circles the globe in a day, shining a light on the blackest of blacks, a dwarf planet made of muesli, and speed-reading the lastest John Scalzi novel.
Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune
9 March 2017
The third-largest dwarf planet has a small satellite, meaning every object bigger than 1000 kilometres across in the outer solar system has a moon of its own
Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story
1 March 2017
An engaging exhibition and its accompanying book proves that exploring our relationship with Earth's most dynamic geology doesn't need to be sensationalist
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
16 February 2017
The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life
Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler's supernova
16 January 2017
In 1604, the last Milky Way supernova recorded by naked-eye observers brightened the night sky. Despite 400 years of study, we still don't know what lit the fuse
More giant Earth-like exoplanets will be found next year
14 December 2016
Prepare for more exotic super-Earths as the hunt for exoplanets ramps up in 2017, says Stephen Baxter. They've already been imagined by science fiction
The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016
14 December 2016
From the detection of gravitational waves to the birth of a three-parent baby, Â鶹´«Ă˝ wraps up the most mind-expanding discoveries of the year
