Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
6 February 2013
A habitable exoplanet should be near enough for future telescopes to probe its atmosphere for signs of life
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Found 393 results for dwarf planet
Dwarf planet Eris may reveal quantum gravity
23 January 2013
The Pluto-killer is at it again: studies of the small world and its moon may also knock down popular theories of dark matter and dark energy
Astrophile: How a faraway dwarf world lost its cloak
21 November 2012
Makemake is not much smaller than Pluto but is probably a lot less dense, so the icy body couldn't hold on to its atmosphere
Astrophile: Lonely planet roams with stellar outcasts
15 November 2012
An odd object drifting with a small caravan of stars may be the closest known orphan planet
60 Seconds
7 November 2012
Catfish catastrophe in the Mekong river, world's rarest whale identified, and Superman's home star found in the real universe, almost
Dawn departs Vesta to become first asteroid hopper
12 September 2012
NASA's rock-hopper Dawn sets sights on dwarf planet Ceres, paving way for crewed asteroid missions and refuelling stations
NASA decides to send robotic seismologist to Mars
22 August 2012
A lander to study the Red Planet's interior wins out over plans to visit a comet or an ocean on Saturn's moon Titan
Corpse stars could nurture life on alien planets
15 August 2012
Light from white dwarfs might be just right to support photosynthesis and undamaged DNA, smashing assumptions about where life might arise in the galaxy
It takes two
1 August 2012
I have always been surprised at the annoyance over Pluto being "demoted" to dwarf planet status (21 July, p 11). The meaning of the word...
Chemical bond discovered that only exists in space
19 July 2012
The bond should emerge in the intense magnetic fields of white dwarf stars: its discovery could help us better understand these bodies
