This discovery is another important step in understanding the mysterious interior structure of the Solar System’s largest planet
Early Uranus collided with object twice the size of Earth
Based on recent simulations, a powerful collision with a massive object four billion years ago could explain a number of Uranus’ observed attributes
Is there sound in space?
We find out the answer to this intriguing question
How big can sunspots get?
We take a look at how big these cooler regions of our star can get
Cassini uncovers unusual magnetic field at Saturn
The NASA spacecraft has revealed an elusive side to the ringed planet
Astronomers discover mysterious ‘dead star’ pulsar
The white dwarf pulsar has eluded astronomers for over half a century
Cosmic oddity revealed in greater detail by Hubble Space Telescope
The spacecraft has revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 better than ever before
Hunt for dark matter expands thanks to NASA space telescope
Using six or more years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the search for the elusive material has been broadened with some novel approaches
X-ray telescope brings us closer to solving Sun’s magnetic riddle
Profound implications for understanding how the magnetic field in our nearest star are generated have been uncovered
Young Sun-like star reveals magnetic field was critical to life on early Earth
New research into the young, Sun-like star Kappa Ceti shows that a magnetic shield plays a key role in making a planet conducive to life
Rosetta finds bubble ‘free of magnetic field’ at Comet 67P
The spacecraft has revealed a surprisingly large region around its host comet devoid of any magnetic field.
Most Earth-like planet most likely to be uninhabitable
The exoplanet could have been made hostile by vast quantities of radiation
Badly behaved Neptune to help improve space weather forecasts
Neptune’s magnetic field could help us to improve our ability to forecast space weather events such as solar storms
Rare cosmic encounter will trigger space fireworks in 2018, says NASA
Astronomers are gearing up for high-energy fireworks due in just under three years
Can manned spacecraft survive the Earth’s radiation belts?
We find out if our planet’s radiation belts are as deadly as they sound
What’s the next mission to a planet within our Solar System?
We take a look at which mission will be leaving the Earth’s atmosphere to head to another world within the solar neighbourhood
Why does Jupiter have such a strong magnetic field?
Could Jupiter’s size explain its monstrous magnetic field? We take a look…
What would happen if Earth’s magnetic field flipped?
Our sister magazine How It Works answers this popular question for us.