Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life
21 November 2017
Looking for life in the universe has often come down to a search for water on other planets. But water worlds may not make enough of the nutrients life needs
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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird
20 November 2017
Our first detailed glimpse at ‘Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid that recently flew by Earth, shows it’s one of the weirdest asteroids we’ve ever seen
Dark matter may be the source of antimatter streaming past Earth
16 November 2017
Two nearby powerful pulsars aren’t responsible for the stream of antimatter positrons snaking past Earth, so dark matter might be behind it after all
Possible exomoon may be an ocean-covered world as big as Saturn
23 October 2017
The exomoon candidate found in July is a real oddity – early calculations suggest it’s huge and doesn’t fit any moon formation processes we currently know
Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life
26 September 2017
Asteroid collisions can be destructive – just ask the dinosaurs – but they also bring key ingredients for life. Super-Earths can draw them to nearby worlds
New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart
7 August 2017
The best cosmic map yet of the universe’s make-up finds 24 per cent less dark matter than we thought and could call for a rewrite of physics
Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently
7 July 2017
A new material that hides the metal grid on top of solar panels make them 9 per cent more efficient in lab tests
Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star
30 May 2017
It could be time to ditch the alien megastructure. A massive ringed planet and a swarm of asteroids may instead explain Tabby’s star
Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number
23 May 2017
The discovery of more of these deadly duos through a fresh data-sifting technique raises the hope that their secret recipe might soon be unlocked
