The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth
20 November 2017
Critics fear provoking hostile extraterrestrials by beaming messages to our closest exoplanets but there's no need to worry, says METI president Douglas Vakoch
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More giant Earth-like exoplanets will be found next year
14 December 2016
Prepare for more exotic super-Earths as the hunt for exoplanets ramps up in 2017, says Stephen Baxter. They've already been imagined by science fiction
If Earth-like planet Proxima b has life, what might it be like?
24 August 2016
Author Stephen Baxter wonders if the newly discovered Proxima b could resemble Per Ardua, the life-bearing world he imagined around the same nearby star
Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained
10 August 2016
A new-found object orbiting at extreme angles to the planets hints at new puzzle in the outer solar system - in addition to Planet Nine
After Pluto: Alan Stern’s cosmic ambitions won’t be dwarfed
26 January 2016
With Pluto now in the bag, space supremo Alan Stern discusses the space race, crowdsourcing a Mars map, and why he's grumpy about how to define a planet
Pluto kept alive by antifreeze – other icy worlds could be too
18 November 2015
Ice volcanoes and other geological oddities on the dwarf planet hint at an outer solar system full of frozen yet active worlds
Feedback: the political games in species names
9 September 2015
Plus why paper titles should be short and sweet, redefining sex, and the soapy secret of a beauty bestseller
Is Pluto a planet or a dwarf? Such labels matter less and less
29 July 2015
Our planetary distinctions are crumbling as we continue to uncover incredible diversity in celestial objects, says Jeff Hecht
The night: When lights go out, the sky comes alive
27 November 2013
The sky has stars and galaxies galore to offer, if you can just get away from those city lights, says Valerie Jamieson
