New Horizons snaps first infrared image of Pluto
24 June 2015
The NASA spacecraft en route to Pluto is running through its dress rehearsal, starting with an image that could help reveal what Pluto is made of
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Pluto's strange family of moons are locked in a mysterious waltz
3 June 2015
Three of Pluto's four small moons are moving in step, and the fourth looks darker than the rest – creating a puzzle as to how they formed
Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
3 June 2015
Protests over the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea halted its progress. Now construction is back on, but three other scopes will have to close
How we've got to know Pluto
29 May 2015
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13 May 2015
Ceres yields secrets, Shell's Arctic victory, Liberia free of Ebola and more
Land ho: NASA spacecraft may have seen polar ice cap on Pluto
30 April 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is 98 per cent of the way to Pluto, and it's getting better pictures than Hubble
Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike
13 April 2015
The bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres continue to baffle scientists as infrared images reveal they have different thermal properties
The moon's got two tails – and its friends might too
31 March 2015
The man in the moon wears a tailcoat. The discovery of a second stream of particles from the moon's dark side suggests a way to probe alien worlds from afar
Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life
25 March 2015
NASA hopes Dawn mission can answer the big question: could life lurk in icy volcanoes on Ceres, the asteroid belt's biggest resident?
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25 March 2015
Blue exposure excites male rats, weedkiller may cause cancer, Pluto needs your names, and more
