Dawn departs Vesta to become first asteroid hopper
12 September 2012
NASA's rock-hopper Dawn sets sights on dwarf planet Ceres, paving way for crewed asteroid missions and refuelling stations
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NASA decides to send robotic seismologist to Mars
22 August 2012
A lander to study the Red Planet's interior wins out over plans to visit a comet or an ocean on Saturn's moon Titan
Corpse stars could nurture life on alien planets
15 August 2012
Light from white dwarfs might be just right to support photosynthesis and undamaged DNA, smashing assumptions about where life might arise in the galaxy
It takes two
1 August 2012
I have always been surprised at the annoyance over Pluto being "demoted" to dwarf planet status (21 July, p 11). The meaning of the word...
Chemical bond discovered that only exists in space
19 July 2012
The bond should emerge in the intense magnetic fields of white dwarf stars: its discovery could help us better understand these bodies
Pluto's not a planet – it's much odder than that
18 July 2012
The discovery of Pluto's fifth moon puts the distant world into a category all of its own
Discovery of fifth moon reignites Pluto planet debate
12 July 2012
The icy rock now boasts more moons than the inner planets combined but is this enough for it to regain its planetary status?
Smallest exoplanet is the size of Mars
11 January 2012
The latest record-breaking exoworld is just 57 per cent as wide as Earth – its discovery around a common type of star suggests habitable planets abound
Dark matter mysteries: a true game of shadows
4 January 2012
Far from shedding light on dark matter, our first experimental glimpses of the elusive stuff have only deepened its mystique, says Stuart Clark
I'll put millions of people on Mars, says Elon Musk
14 December 2011
The swashbuckling SpaceX founder says that he can get to Mars on a shoestring within 20 years – thanks to the fully reusable rockets he's determined to build
