We finally get to spot a burnt-out comet and what is it covered in? Talcum powder
We might just be witnessing a final state of these incredible space rocks
07 Apr 2021 | 28
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Scientists stumped by strange X-rays from Uranus
UCL astronomer tells us: 'We were surprised by our discovery'
02 Apr 2021 | 36
Boffins get first measurements of Jupiter's stratospheric storms that show 'unique beast' dwarfing Earth's issues
Even though its Great Red Spot appears to be shrinking, the storm behind it will probably live on
20 Mar 2021 | 12
NASA is sending two small hand-luggage suitcase-sized spacecraft into the void to study binary asteroids
Janus mission seeks solution to orbiting space rocks in the Solar System
12 Sep 2020 | 27
Shine on you crazy diamond: We don't know who needs to hear it but NASA's explained the weird shape of the Bennu asteroid
Something that doesn't involve viruses, politics and wildfires
10 Sep 2020 | 16
The results are in: Science says the Solar System's magnetic heliosphere looks like a deflated croissant
Pic Or maybe a spleen? Stomach? Snot bubble? You decide
06 Aug 2020 | 42
If you think you've got problems, pal, spare a thought for these boffins baffled by 'oddball' meteorites
Chondritic and achondritic? Back to the drawing board, then
27 Jul 2020 | 28
'First ever' snap emerges of something vaguely resembling our solar system 300 ly away. We'll take 10 tickets
Pic and video Gassy giants make Jupiter look like an absolute tiddler
23 Jul 2020 | 32
The volcanoes on Venus aren't dead, say astroboffins, they're merely resting, pining for the planet's lava fjords
We may not know the answer until the 2030s, though
21 Jul 2020 | 13
If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?
There may be a small black hole on the edge of our Solar System? 2020, please stop
10 Jul 2020 | 109
Well, that's something boffins haven't seen before: A strange alien streaks around Jupiter
Pic We know this sounds like a tall tail but...
22 May 2020 | 36
Meteorite's tiny secrets reveal Solar System's sodium-rich, alkaline liquid past – a clue to formation of life
Oh OK, so now we know who to blame for all this mess on Earth
13 May 2020 | 19
There's a world out there with a hexagon vortex over its pole packed with hydrocarbon ice crystals. That planet is Saturn
Yet again, science reality is better than science fiction
11 May 2020 | 31
Where were you in drought season? Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov dumped 230 million litres of water as it whizzed through Solar System
Vid Come shine, come rain
28 Apr 2020 | 14
Nineteen mysterious invaders from another Solar System spotted hanging around the outside edge of ours
Plus astroboffins confirm 'masked' asteroid heading Earthwards
24 Apr 2020 | 19
Boffins examine interstellar comet Borisov to find out what its home was like. Pretty unpleasant, it seems
No wonder it came all the way over to our Solar System
21 Apr 2020 | 18
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, surely has no frozen water, right? Guess again: Solar winds form ice
Video Temperatures can soar over 400C on the rocky world, and yet...
17 Mar 2020 | 38
In case you want to flee this wretched Earth, 139 minor planets were spotted at the outer reaches of our Solar System. Just an FYI...
Too bad they are likely uninhabitable
13 Mar 2020 | 41
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