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
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Found 116 results for dwarf planet
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
Dark matter mysteries: a true game of shadows
4 January 2012
Far from shedding light on dark matter, our first experimental glimpses of the elusive stuff have only deepened its mystique, says Stuart Clark
I'll put millions of people on Mars, says Elon Musk
14 December 2011
The swashbuckling SpaceX founder says that he can get to Mars on a shoestring within 20 years – thanks to the fully reusable rockets he's determined to build
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?
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
No place like home: Our lonesome solar system
11 May 2011
Two decades of searching have failed to turn up another planetary system like ours. Should we be worried?
Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
4 May 2011
Powerful telescopes, clever astronomy and trips to some of Earth's most extreme and remote places are helping identify the most promising places to start
Empty universe: Cosmology in the year 100 billion
30 March 2011
The skies of the far future will be dark and lonely, but our descendants will have one telltale clue to help them decipher the cosmos, says Marcus Chown
