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New Planet In Beta Pictoris System
Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky
Black Holes Merge With Strongly Inclined Rotation Axes
The hunt for ‘planet nine’: why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System
Everyone’s talking about the Perseid meteor shower – but don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ
Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake
In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn
Key To Rapid Planet Formation
Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds
Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much…
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
Why there may be oceans inside dwarf planets beyond Pluto – and what this means for the likely abundance of life
NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Earth to be exhibit for lunar exoplanet research
Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’
People are complaining about Mercury in retrograde. But what does it actually mean?
Astronomers have directly detected a massive exoplanet. The method could transform the search for life beyond Earth
A total lunar eclipse is set to dazzle tomorrow – along with some other stellar sights
Traveler from Edge of Solar System
Think spring has officially sprung? Not so fast
After 45 years, 5-billion-year legacy of Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning
Hot neighbours, ancient maths and paleopocalypse: our most-read science stories of 2021
‘Would you like little ice with your exoplanet?’ For Earth-like worlds, that may be tall order
‘Planet confusion’ could slow Earth-like exoplanet exploration
Perth Observatory receives $1.6 million in year of 125th birthday
Curious Kids: is sky blue on other planets?