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
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Found 677 results for dwarf planet
Heart on fire: Our galaxy's black hole is set to blow
24 April 2013
The dark monster at the centre of the Milky Way has been a gentle giant – but that could change this year as it gets its first meal for a century
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
Astrophile: How a faraway dwarf world lost its cloak
21 November 2012
Makemake is not much smaller than Pluto but is probably a lot less dense, so the icy body couldn't hold on to its atmosphere
Astrophile: Lonely planet roams with stellar outcasts
15 November 2012
An odd object drifting with a small caravan of stars may be the closest known orphan planet
60 Seconds
7 November 2012
Catfish catastrophe in the Mekong river, world's rarest whale identified, and Superman's home star found in the real universe, almost
