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Bright spots on Ceres could be water volcanoes

18 March 2015

Images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show that a mysterious bright spot on dwarf planet Ceres could be a plume of water spurting from a deep, icy crater

Race to find the first exomoon heats up

17 March 2015

Speedier ways to search for moons outside the solar system are good news for alien hunters: these would be some of the best places to look for life

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9 March 2015

All the latest on newscientist.com: memories implanted during sleep, solar-powered world flight, how your voice betrays your confidence, and more

NASA's Dawn becomes first probe to orbit dwarf planet

6 March 2015

From its vantage point around one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, Dawn could unlock a time capsule from the formation of our solar system

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3 March 2015

All the latest on newscientist.com: the real reasons for child obesity, alien invaders going by Suez, smelly handshakes, zombie simulator and more

Dawn spacecraft set for first visit to a dwarf planet

3 March 2015

The asteroid-hopping spacecraft will arrive at Ceres on Friday, making it the first to visit a dwarf planet and the first to visit two different worlds

Dead star leaves behind Jupiter's Ghost

2 February 2015

Not every star ends with a bang. A beautiful post-mortem portrait reveals a cloud of gas surrounding a jewel-like white dwarf

Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe

28 January 2015

The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe – meaning the galaxy made an early start on planet building

Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe

27 January 2015

The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe – meaning the galaxy made an early start on planet building