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3 December 2014
Personal genetics, breakfast on Pluto, Hawking's speedy speech and more
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Found 16 results for dwarf planet
Dawn departs Vesta to become first asteroid hopper
12 September 2012
NASA's rock-hopper Dawn sets sights on dwarf planet Ceres, paving way for crewed asteroid missions and refuelling stations
NASA decides to send robotic seismologist to Mars
22 August 2012
A lander to study the Red Planet's interior wins out over plans to visit a comet or an ocean on Saturn's moon Titan
Sibling worlds may be wettest and lightest known
21 April 2009
A planet orbiting a nearby red dwarf may be the first known water world, while its newly discovered neighbour is the lightest
New Earth-like planet could be perfect home from home
25 April 2007
Temperatures as mild as a summer's day, and the possibility of water, could provide human-friendly conditions just 20.5 light years away
Earth's 'planetary kin' found nearby
15 June 2005
A planet about seven times the mass of Earth is spotted zipping around a star just 15 light years away – the smallest extrasolar planet yet discovered
