Prehistoric humans may have pushed climate change
7 July 2010
Humans were fiddling with climate thousands of years even before we started farming – if we had a hand in the extinction of woolly mammoths
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Found 677 results for dwarf planet
Half-eaten dwarf planet reveals chemical secrets
30 June 2010
The half-digested remains of a dwarf planet could provide the best window yet into the chemical make-up of alien solar systems
60 Seconds
23 June 2010
Cellphone cancer linked trashed, voyage to Pluto and "female Viagra"
Cosmic hit-and-runs create failed stars
26 May 2010
Close encounters between swerving young stars might help spawn the brown dwarfs riddling the Milky Way
Stellar 'pollution' may be remains of watery planets
12 April 2010
Atmospheric pollution on white dwarf stars could be a sign of destroyed watery exoplanets – suggesting that Earth-like worlds are common
'Dark sun' is one of our nearest neighbours
9 April 2010
A dim object less than 10 light years away seems to be the closest brown dwarf yet found – the discovery suggests other dark stars may lie even closer
Weird worlds: Europa, Enceladus and Triton
24 March 2010
The seemingly bleak icy surfaces of these moons are in fact among the most active landscapes in the solar system. They may even contain cosy habitats for living creatures
Weird worlds: And the rest...
24 March 2010
Which is the largest moon? Which moon was nearly upgraded to planet status? Find out here
Paired stars may bear multiple litters of alien worlds
15 January 2010
Unlike single-star systems, those with two suns could produce more than one generation of planets
Let's face it, science is boring
16 December 2009
Mouse urine, puréed goldfish brains and human computers. Sound interesting? Well, it's not. Honest
