Zombie star caught feasting on a soggy asteroid
10 October 2013
The rocky remains polluting the atmosphere of a white dwarf include the first chemical evidence that water can exist on Earth-like exoplanets
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
Hot Jupiters push exoplanet count over 1000 milestone
1 October 2013
The number of known exoplanets jumped from 999 yesterday to 1010 today thanks to a host of newly discovered worlds
Astrophile: The changing face of icy dirt-ball Quaoar
26 July 2013
Rather than being the densest object in the Kuiper belt, the icy object Quaoar, named for a Native American god, may simply be an egg-shaped version of its neighbours
Drake equation for alien life gets an upgrade
22 May 2013
The planet-spotting Kepler telescope seems doomed, but its discoveries along with a new version of the famous Drake equation will sharpen the hunt for ET
Astrophile: Diamond planets get even more precious
2 May 2013
Milky Way miners will have to dig deeper for carbon planets than we realised – there is probably no more than one in every 1000 rocky worlds
Astrophile: Snapshot of a two-faced Tatooine world
22 March 2013
The picture of the giant planet might help tease out clues to how worlds form – or it might show that the object is no planet at all
60 Seconds
13 March 2013
Closer exoplanets, L'Aquila seven appeal, sweet drinks ban upset, and more
Closest Earth-like world could be 6.5 light years away
12 March 2013
A rocky world like ours that could support life is probably half as far away as we thought, according to new calculations for determining habitability
Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
6 February 2013
A habitable exoplanet should be near enough for future telescopes to probe its atmosphere for signs of life
Dwarf planet Eris may reveal quantum gravity
23 January 2013
The Pluto-killer is at it again: studies of the small world and its moon may also knock down popular theories of dark matter and dark energy
