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The rise of the house father

24 August 2005

Childbirth is a roller-coaster ride of fluctuating hormones, intense bonding and strong urges to protect and nurture that all comes naturally - to a new dad

Far-out worlds, just waiting to be found

20 July 2005

Bigger than Mars, colder than Pluto, Â鶹´«Ã½ hunts the horde of planets that no one thought to look for

Why stars go out in a blaze of glory

6 July 2005

Stars at the very end of their lives produce the most spectacular sights in the galaxy. But how? Â鶹´«Ã½ discovers an explosive answer

Earth's 'planetary kin' found nearby

15 June 2005

A planet about seven times the mass of Earth is spotted zipping around a star just 15 light years away – the smallest extrasolar planet yet discovered

Most Earth-like exoplanet yet is discovered

14 June 2005

The planet, just seven or eight times as massive as Earth, is found circling a nearby star – similar discoveries look set to follow

Green little people

25 May 2005

Tempestuous young Sun kept Earth in its place

18 May 2005

Massive and violent solar flares may have saved a nascent Earth from spiralling into the Sun during the early stages of planet formation

The Milky Way: There's no place like home

11 May 2005

A trillion stars, billions of bizarre planetary systems, a million black holes and one moody dark monster ruling the roost – welcome to your galaxy

Young Sun's X-ray flares may have saved Earth

11 May 2005

Titanic flares may create turbulence in the swirling dust discs around young stars, preventing nascent planets from spiralling in to their destruction

UK election special: Talking science

29 April 2005

With a general election fast approaching, Â鶹´«Ã½ quizzes the three main political parties over their positions on 10 key scientific issues