
Paired stars may bear multiple litters of alien worlds
15 January 2010
Unlike single-star systems, those with two suns could produce more than one generation of planets

15 January 2010
Unlike single-star systems, those with two suns could produce more than one generation of planets

16 December 2009
The discovery of a planet that seems to made almost entirely of water suggests "super-Earths" are a more diverse bunch than we thought

16 December 2009
Mouse urine, puréed goldfish brains and human computers. Sound interesting? Well, it's not. Honest

18 November 2009
Two peculiar white dwarfs with more oxygen than carbon are like nothing anybody has seen before

14 October 2009
The songwriter celebrates everything from the solar system to evolution, the subject of a "science oratorio" to be performed later this month

22 July 2009
Poor Pluto was demoted, to the dismay of its many fans, but it could soon be returned triumphantly to full planet status

22 July 2009
Let's move on from the sterile argument about the meaning of the word planet – it changes nothing and risks bringing astronomy into disrepute

10 June 2009
Objects halfway between a planet and a star have been shown to feature weather patterns, enhancing their status as the universe's hybrids

3 June 2009
The shattered remnants of a dwarf planet may have bombarded the inner planets in the early solar system, suggests a new analysis of craters on the moon

18 March 2009
Alien worlds that are hospitable to life could reveal themselves by radio signals crackling from their magnetic fields