Dying stars hold the promise of alien life
29 June 2011
They might be in their twilight years, but white dwarf stars are the perfect places to look for habitable planets
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A question of science 2011
15 June 2011
Think you know your entropy from your emmetropy? Then try this quiz, which was presented by 91av at the Cheltenham Science Festival
Alien life may huddle under hydrogen blankets
11 May 2011
Earth-sized worlds far from the warmth of their stars could maintain liquid water and life if they are well wrapped by hydrogen in their atmospheres
No place like home: Our lonesome solar system
11 May 2011
Two decades of searching have failed to turn up another planetary system like ours. Should we be worried?
'Dwarf' black holes might help explain dark matter
4 May 2011
Black holes might come in more sizes than small, medium and large – if so, mini black holes could contribute to the universe's mysterious dark matter
Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
4 May 2011
Powerful telescopes, clever astronomy and trips to some of Earth's most extreme and remote places are helping identify the most promising places to start
Empty universe: Cosmology in the year 100 billion
30 March 2011
The skies of the far future will be dark and lonely, but our descendants will have one telltale clue to help them decipher the cosmos, says Marcus Chown
Newly found brown dwarf is ultra-cool
9 March 2011
A recently discovered object is at room temperature, much cooler than other failed stars
Eight extremes: The coldest thing in the universe
2 March 2011
The bottom of the temperature scale is one area where humans have no trouble outdoing nature
Dark matter: The evidence
2 February 2011
Eighty per cent of the total matter in the cosmos is invisible to conventional telescopes. But if we can't see it, how can we be so sure it's there?
