Budget NASA missions will head for asteroids or hellish Venus
1 October 2015
Targets for a 2020 space mission include our hellishly hot neighbour or a heavy metal asteroid called Psyche
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
New Pluto pics show weird terrain shaped by alien ‘water’ cycle
17 September 2015
The latest downloads from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a hazy nitrogen atmosphere backlit by the setting sun – and a landscape bizarrely resembling Earth
NASA reveals best pictures of bright spots on Ceres
16 September 2015
Scientists are studying the best-ever pictures of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet this week, but we still don't know what they are
NASA picks post-Pluto destination for New Horizons spacecraft
2 September 2015
Fresh off its July fly-by of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is bound for a tiny object even further from the sun
Giant old galaxies, not Milky Ways, are best for life to thrive
1 August 2015
Looking at how quickly stars form can nail down the galaxies that should be best for life – and our own doesn't come out on top
New Horizons spots oozing glaciers and hazy skies on Pluto
29 July 2015
The New Horizons spacecraft took a backlit shot of Pluto after its historic fly-by, and saw surprisingly Earth-like features
Neptune's sudden jolt could explain weird ring in Kuiper belt
29 July 2015
A band of strangely tight-knit icy objects in the Kuiper belt has defied explanation. Now a simulation rewinding the solar system to its babyhood has an answer
Earth-like alien world looms into view through Kepler telescope
23 July 2015
The alien planet is a rocky world circling a sun-like star at a distance that should allow it to carry liquid water
Pluto's baffling surface reveals mysteries of an active world
22 July 2015
Early images taken by New Horizons of the dwarf planet's surface mean we have to rethink how the planet was formed
New Horizons team baffled by discovery of icy plains on Pluto
17 July 2015
Data downloaded from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in the past few days has revealed strange terrain, a large atmosphere and yet more mysteries on Pluto
