
Puny star unleashes deadly flare
19 May 2008
A small red dwarf star has erupted with the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than the Sun

19 May 2008
A small red dwarf star has erupted with the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than the Sun

10 April 2008
A planet weighing just 5 Earths may have been detected with a controversial new technique

2 April 2008
A team reports finding what may be a planet only a few thousand years old, but others say it may instead be a 'failed star'

27 March 2008
An intriguing bright spot detected next to a star 470 light years away may indicate the presence of a developing planet

25 March 2008
Last week, the agency requested $4 million in cuts to its popular rover mission – it will now take the money from another programme

20 March 2008
Astronomers have measured the power of a supernova that exploded 400 years ago, thanks to light echoes bouncing off surrounding dust clouds

13 March 2008
Two rocks found in Antarctica may be chunks of a dwarf planet that was smashed apart in the early solar system

10 January 2008
Astronomers have found an exoplanet where orbital calculations predicted one would be, suggesting planet formation is an efficient process

9 January 2008
A colossal clash of planets may explain why an alien world 170 light years from Earth is piping hot

21 November 2007
Collisions between large rocky objects, such as the one that probably created our Moon, occur in very few solar systems, a study suggests