Dwarf planet Ceres may once have had an ancient, global ocean
Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, may once have had an ocean beneath its icy crust, data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft suggests.
Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, may once have had an ocean beneath its icy crust, data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft suggests.
Astronomers have devised a technique to seek out instances of double black holes, and have discovered five new pairs.
Earth was like Titan once – an orange world engulfed in a thick haze of methane. Learning about its past may help understand exoplanets.
New studies of Schrödinger crater on the Moon are helping to further our understanding of the Chicxulub crater on Earth – ground zero for the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs.
Seismic activity could release hydrogen gas that gives life on Mars the chance to exist, according to scientific research near fault lines on Earth.
An icy volcano – known as a cryovolcano – has been discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.
The citizen science project Planet Hunters has detected an exoplanet that fell through the cracks of the automated computer searches.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected a massive cloud of hydrogen cyanide at Titan’s south pole which simply should not be there.
Astronomers have discovered a star where the interior rotates slower than the outer layers – the first time this has been detected in a main sequence star.
Astronomers are looking for planets like Venus. A “Venus zone” will help single out which exoplanets are most likely to imitate our own inhospitable neighbouring world.
The longest ever stream of hydrogen gas has been discovered acting as a bridge between galaxies 500 light years away.
A binary system of two dead stars has revealed the coldest, dimmest white dwarf discovered to date.