Atmosphere containing water detected around rocky exoplanet
6 April 2017
An exoplanet just 1.4 times the size of Earth has an atmosphere containing water and methane, new observations show
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs
5 April 2017
An odd-looking bird named the “new finch” is actually the planet’s biggest canary – and it lives with other largest and smallest species on an isolated island
Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune
9 March 2017
The third-largest dwarf planet has a small satellite, meaning every object bigger than 1000 kilometres across in the outer solar system has a moon of its own
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
16 February 2017
The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life
Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler's supernova
16 January 2017
In 1604, the last Milky Way supernova recorded by naked-eye observers brightened the night sky. Despite 400 years of study, we still don't know what lit the fuse
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
The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016
14 December 2016
From the detection of gravitational waves to the birth of a three-parent baby, 91av wraps up the most mind-expanding discoveries of the year
Proxima Centauri really does orbit its two bright neighbours
29 November 2016
After a century of speculation, we now know the little planet-bearing star revolves around Alpha Centauri A and B every 550,000 years
Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life
23 November 2016
The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest
Proxima b's hyperactive star is more sun-like than thought
14 October 2016
The star hosting the nearest exoplanet has a multi-year activity cycle, much like the sun – but its powerful maximum could prove deadly
