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Makemake shining brightly, with a small, faint blob just above it and a big arrow pointing to it

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

27 April 2016

Astronomers have previously looked for a satellite orbiting the Kuiper belt object and found nothing, so were surprised when one turned up

Dawn probe with beam of blue light come from the front

NASA's Dawn probe may visit third asteroid after Ceres and Vesta

20 April 2016

The team behind Dawn, the first ever asteroid-hopping spacecraft, have asked NASA for permission to extend its mission to a third destination

Artwork of an asteroid zooming away from us with lots of cogs and engine parts attached to its backside

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

12 April 2016

NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts programme funds long-shot concepts for further study. This year's include a paper-thin spaceship and a steampunk Venus rover

The play <i>X</i> will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

The play X will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

7 April 2016

A thrilling new science-fiction play by Alistair McDowall carries Stewart Pringle a long way from home

SETI looks at red dwarf stars in its search for ancient aliens

4 April 2016

The extraterrestrial-hunting SETI Institute is aiming its array of radio telescopes at 20,000 small, cold stars unlike our own to see if anyone is home

Pluto may have tipped over when Charon tugged at its heart

4 April 2016

The iconic heart-shaped feature on Pluto is so dense that it could have led to the entire dwarf planet swivelling over time

More evidence for Planet Nine as odd celestial alignment emerges

30 March 2016

Another celestial object has been found in a group with strangely similar orbits, implying they are shepherded by something - possibly a mysterious ninth planet

Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots

22 March 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft zoomed in on dwarf planet Ceres and found unexpected treasures hidden in its craters

Pluto: A whole new world in 5 strange photos

22 March 2016

Floating mountains, ice volcanoes and a churning plain of nitrogen sludge – pin-sharp pictures beamed back from Pluto are changing how we think planets work

Pluto may have hosted lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen

21 March 2016

Studying how the dwarf planet's climate changed over time shows it once had the right conditions for liquid to flow on its surface - and may still have buried lakes today