Jupiter-like planet survived the death of its star without harm
13 October 2021
Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet in its original orbit around a white dwarf for the first time
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How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet
4 August 2021
How to Mars by David Ebenbach is an amusing novel about a failed attempt at reality TV on Mars. It is a new twist on the genre, says Clare Wilson
Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets
14 July 2021
To become an interplanetary species, we may have to genetically engineer ourselves to be more resilient, says geneticist Chris Mason. He has a 500-year plan for life away from Earth
An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system
21 June 2021
Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually large comet or even a minor planet, and it will get nearly as close to the sun as Saturn by 2031
Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are
21 June 2021
Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best guess for what it could be doesn’t seem to match up to data from the New Horizons probe
Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds
5 May 2021
Looking for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres is fraught with uncertainty. But now that we can detect polarised light reflected directly off other worlds, we could spot unmistakable evidence of photosynthesis
NASA is about to fly a helicopter on another planet for the first time
8 April 2021
The Ingenuity helicopter, which hitched a ride to Mars aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, is getting ready to perform its first test flight on 12 April
Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?
31 March 2021
Hints of a hefty source of gravity beyond Pluto sparked the search for a possible “Planet Nine”. Now, some astronomers think it could instead be a black hole from the big bang, offering a rare glimpse into the early universe
Planet hotter than most stars spotted 25 light years away
5 March 2021
Astronomers may have detected a planet around one of our closest stars that is potentially the second hottest exoplanet ever found
A dead star may have munched down on an icy exomoon
5 February 2021
We have yet to confirm the existence of moons beyond the solar system, but astronomers say they may have found exomoon remains in the atmosphere of a dead star
