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Paired stars may bear multiple litters of alien worlds

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


Alien planet could be ultimate water world

Alien planet could be ultimate water world

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


Let's face it, science is boring

Let's face it, science is boring

16 December 2009

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


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Failed stellar bombs hint at supernova tipping point

18 November 2009

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


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David Haines: Love songs to science

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


Is Pluto a planet after all?

Is Pluto a planet after all?

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


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Time to end the great Pluto debate

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


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Even brown dwarfs have grey days

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


Broken dwarf planet may have scarred the moon

Broken dwarf planet may have scarred the moon

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


Life-friendly worlds may snap, crackle and pop

Life-friendly worlds may snap, crackle and pop

18 March 2009

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


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