Jupiter-like planet survived the death of its star without harm
13 October 2021
Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet in its original orbit around a white dwarf for the first time
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An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system
21 June 2021
Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually large comet or even a minor planet, and it will get nearly as close to the sun as Saturn by 2031
Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are
21 June 2021
Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best guess for what it could be doesn’t seem to match up to data from the New Horizons probe
NASA is about to fly a helicopter on another planet for the first time
8 April 2021
The Ingenuity helicopter, which hitched a ride to Mars aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, is getting ready to perform its first test flight on 12 April
Planet hotter than most stars spotted 25 light years away
5 March 2021
Astronomers may have detected a planet around one of our closest stars that is potentially the second hottest exoplanet ever found
A dead star may have munched down on an icy exomoon
5 February 2021
We have yet to confirm the existence of moons beyond the solar system, but astronomers say they may have found exomoon remains in the atmosphere of a dead star
An Earth-like planet might orbit our closest single sun-like star
14 January 2021
Tau Ceti is a star just 12 light years away – and it could host a planet called PXP-4 that sits as close to the star as Earth does to our sun with its year about as long as ours
White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets
12 January 2021
Signs of the metals that make up Earth’s crust have been seen in the light coming from four dead stars known as white dwarfs, which may have consumed distant planets similar to ours
We’ve seen a planet being born while its star is still forming
17 November 2020
Astronomers may have seen a Jupiter-like planet begin to form while its host star is still growing, proving a long-held theory about planet formation
When things look bleak, thinking in terms of ‘hope horizons’ can help
23 September 2020
With wildfires raging, the outlook looks bleak from San Francisco. Thinking about the future in terms of “hope horizons” can help, writes Annalee Newitz
