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Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

8 May 2017

A sudden brightening of the infant sun – called an FU Orionis outburst – could have melted dust grains and made them stick together, building our world

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

4 May 2017

The amount of carbon monoxide in Mars’s atmosphere suggests that any existing bacteria that feed on it make up no more than one billionth of Earth’s biomass

Jupiter's south pole showing swirly storms

First results from Jupiter probe show huge magnetism and storms

3 May 2017

Observations from the Juno spacecraft are confounding astronomers with revelations about the weather and magnetism of our solar system's biggest planet

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Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

First results from Jupiter probe show huge magnetism and storms

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