Hot Jupiters push exoplanet count over 1000 milestone
1 October 2013
The number of known exoplanets jumped from 999 yesterday to 1010 today thanks to a host of newly discovered worlds
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Frozen fuel: The giant methane bonanza
28 August 2013
The race is on to tap the world's biggest and most unusual fossil fuel supply – methane trapped in frozen hydrates in permafrost and at the bottom of the ocean
Brown dwarfs: From zeroes to astronomical heroes
21 August 2013
The most unloved, drab objects in all of space are fast becoming the new cosmic "it" objects, providing insights into exoplanets and a lot more besides
Astrophile: The changing face of icy dirt-ball Quaoar
26 July 2013
Rather than being the densest object in the Kuiper belt, the icy object Quaoar, named for a Native American god, may simply be an egg-shaped version of its neighbours
Goodbye, Goldilocks? The untimely end of life on Earth
5 June 2013
From life's point of view, Earth sits in the solar system's sweet spot. But new calculations suggest it is teetering on the brink of a solar roasting
Xenon-ion engine makes space travel a rhapsody in blue
28 May 2013
Spacecraft engines aren't all sound and fury – in deep space, you'll want the cool blue glide of a xenon-ion engine currently being tested by NASA
Drake equation for alien life gets an upgrade
22 May 2013
The planet-spotting Kepler telescope seems doomed, but its discoveries along with a new version of the famous Drake equation will sharpen the hunt for ET
Astrophile: Diamond planets get even more precious
2 May 2013
Milky Way miners will have to dig deeper for carbon planets than we realised – there is probably no more than one in every 1000 rocky worlds
Heart on fire: Our galaxy's black hole is set to blow
24 April 2013
The dark monster at the centre of the Milky Way has been a gentle giant – but that could change this year as it gets its first meal for a century
Astrophile: Snapshot of a two-faced Tatooine world
22 March 2013
The picture of the giant planet might help tease out clues to how worlds form – or it might show that the object is no planet at all
