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Career into the future

Career into the future

19 January 2011

What will the world of work be like in 20 years time as climate climate change, demographic swings and technological innovation transform the way we earn a living?


Hottest planet is hotter than some stars

Hottest planet is hotter than some stars

19 January 2011

A newly confirmed planet is a scorching 3200 °C – its proximity to its host star is only partly to blame


Rise of the robot astronomers

Rise of the robot astronomers

12 January 2011

Long nights spent peering into the cosmos are over, for humans at least. Artificial intelligence will take charge of the planet's greatest telescopes


Is first life-friendly exoplanet an 'eyeball'?

Is first life-friendly exoplanet an 'eyeball'?

12 January 2011

One way that Gliese 581 g could host life is if it is a frozen world with a single, pupil-like ocean of liquid water


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How to sort the dwarfs from the planets

5 January 2011

A newly discovered dearth of cosmic objects at a particular range of masses could provide a clean way to divide planets and brown dwarfs


Super-Earth's atmosphere analysed for first time

Super-Earth's atmosphere analysed for first time

1 December 2010

A planet 6.5 times as massive as Earth called GJ 1214b has an atmosphere dominated by steam or cloudy haze, new observations suggest


Former 'tenth planet' may be smaller than Pluto

Former 'tenth planet' may be smaller than Pluto

8 November 2010

Eris, a distant body that triggered the debate about what constitutes a planet, may actually be smaller than Pluto, according to new observations


First life-friendly exoplanet may not exist

First life-friendly exoplanet may not exist

13 October 2010

Two weeks after one team of astronomers announced finding the habitable planet Gliese 581 g, another team says it can find no evidence of the world in its data


Found: first rocky exoplanet that could host life

Found: first rocky exoplanet that could host life

29 September 2010

A rocky body about three times as massive as Earth has been found in the cosy "habitable zone" around its star – the find suggests habitable planets are common


Unseen universe: Window on cosmic maternity wards

Unseen universe: Window on cosmic maternity wards

1 September 2010

Infrared was the first invisible radiation discovered – it has revealed asteroids, comets, interstellar dust and the birth of planets, stars and galaxies


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