Chile's high oasis of huge telescopes
12 October 2011
A mountain in a Chilean desert boasts some of the best telescopes on Earth – but visiting them is not for faint-hearted stargazers
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Found 674 results for dwarf planet
Astrophile: Star exploded? Just another day in Arp 220
7 October 2011
If our galaxy was a couple of kids with sparklers, Arp 220 would be the most eye-popping fireworks display you've ever seen
Light of life: The hunt for another Earth
21 September 2011
If we spied another living world in the distant cosmos, how would we recognise it?
Astrophile: The most surreal sunset in the universe
15 September 2011
Reminiscent of Tatooine in Star Wars, a planet has been discovered in orbit around two stars
Pluto's icy exterior may conceal an ocean
14 September 2011
If the dwarf planet's core has as much radioactive potassium as scientists think, it may have a subsurface ocean and the conditions to sustain life
Astrophile: The diamond as big as a planet
25 August 2011
A large, dense planet has been found orbiting a pulsar – and it just might be made of solid diamond
RIP shuttle – let's get back to real space exploration
17 August 2011
Time to ditch the black armbands and look beyond low Earth orbit again. The shuttle's passing marks the start of an exciting new era, says Daniel Fischer
Dying stars hold the promise of alien life
29 June 2011
They might be in their twilight years, but white dwarf stars are the perfect places to look for habitable planets
A question of science 2011
15 June 2011
Think you know your entropy from your emmetropy? Then try this quiz, which was presented by Â鶹´«Ã½ at the Cheltenham Science Festival
Alien life may huddle under hydrogen blankets
11 May 2011
Earth-sized worlds far from the warmth of their stars could maintain liquid water and life if they are well wrapped by hydrogen in their atmospheres
