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Is dark matter a wimp or a champ?

9 September 2008

Dark matter particles might be electrically charged CHAMPs rather than neutral WIMPs, a new study suggests

Herbivores eat away at climate-change predictions

18 August 2008

Models of climate change may have overestimated the ability of woody plants to suck carbon out of the atmosphere

Great Planet Debate ends in stalemate

15 August 2008

What is a planet? As Pluto's lost status hangs in the balance, astronomers agree that we need a new way of looking at the solar system

Red dwarfs may host habitable worlds

13 August 2008

Planets may be more common around red dwarf stars than previously thought, raising hopes of finding Earth-like worlds around these dim bodies

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16 July 2008

Is the largest asteroid Pluto's wayward cousin?

16 July 2008

Ceres sits in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – yet its composition suggests it has wandered far from its origins

Distant solar system body named 'Makemake'

14 July 2008

The large object 2005 FY9 is christened after an Easter Island deity – but naming the next 'plutoid' may be much more controversial

Pluto-like objects to be called 'plutoids'

11 June 2008

In deference to Pluto's fallen glory, dwarf planets beyond Neptune's orbit will be classed as 'plutoids' – but not everyone is happy with the term

Supernova hunt turns up odd solar system bodies

4 June 2008

Astronomers searching for distant supernovae to probe dark energy have unwittingly stumbled upon two odd objects in our own solar system

Smallest planet weighs just three Earths

2 June 2008

Even smaller planets have been found around dead stars, but this is the lightest known exoplanet around a star in the prime of its life