Pluto Mysteries Deepen
February 12, 2016
New images point to complicated geologyA new set of images released by NASA after its New Horizons spacecraft which made a flyby
Astronomi
Phew! Rosetta Catches Its Target
February 12, 2016
After chasing it for more than a decade, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft finally arrived at its rendezvous with comet
Pluto Starts Showing its – still fuzzy – Face
February 12, 2016
Polar cap on dwarf planet? On the last stretch of a voyage which has already exceeded nine years and 5 billion kilometers, NASA’s
None Ever Seen Like This!
February 12, 2016
570 billion times brighter than the Sun... A source of light which emerged billions of years ago on the sky in not fully
Newcomer to Dwarf Planet Roster Pushes Back Solar System Boundary
February 12, 2016
The announcement March 27 of the discovery of a second dwarf planet has consolidated the evidence that the solar system extends far
Most “Earths” Yet Unborn
February 12, 2016
Ours was among the earliest... The Earth is one of the rare early examples of worlds that can support life, says a theoretical
Mars Gets A Close Shave
February 12, 2016
Astronomers were able to photograph the nucleus of a long-period comet for the first time when the Siding Spring, hailing from distant
Misfit Planet
February 12, 2016
Scientists struggle to explain the properties and behaviour of a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft shortly before it was relieved of
Mountainous Pluto, Cracked Charon
February 12, 2016
Stunning features point to unknown geological processes...NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft which skimmed past Pluto just 12.500 km above its surface on July
Misfortune of the Earth-alike
February 12, 2016
Right planet, wrong star...A new study by a team of astronomers has shown that an extrasolar planet most resembling the Earth was