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Deep Space

Are brown dwarfs more like stars or planets?

Planets, stars or something entirely different? We take a look to see what brown dwarfs are

Space Exploration

What would happen to a rocket that couldn’t reach escape velocity?

We reveal the answer to this intriguing question

Space Exploration

What was the first spacecraft to arrive at a planet?

We recount the day when the first manmade spacecraft made contact with another world

Solar System

Do asteroids have metallic cores, like planets?

What are these space rocks made of?

Solar System

What are the cores of the gas giants made up of?

What’s inside these massive planets?

Astronomy

Why are lunar eclipses red?

Why does the Moon sport a reddish tint during a lunar eclipse?

Brown Dwarf Deep Space

What’s the missing link between stars and planets?

When dealing with large planets and small stars it can sometimes be hard to differentiate the two. Thankfully, brown dwarf stars might just be the divider we need.

Deep Space

Is there sound in space?

We find out the answer to this intriguing question

Solar System

What keeps Saturn’s rings in place?

We find out how Saturn is able to hold onto its stunning rings

Astronomy

Astronomer proposes new definition of a planet

By adding these new constraints, astronomers should be able to differentiate between a large planet and a brown dwarf

Deep Space

The making of TRAPPIST-1’s Earth-sized planets uncovered

The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star

News

FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 64

We go on a hunt for white holes in the latest issue of All About Space, out now!

News

Astronomers detect atmosphere around super-Earth

The exoplanet’s atmosphere could be rich in water and methane

News

Cassini prepares to make ‘death plunge’ into Saturn’s atmosphere

In orbit around the ringed planet since 2004, the spacecraft is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story

News

Giant Jupiter-like world reveals clues on how planets evolve

Astrophysicists have got a rare peek at a baby planetary system 300 light years away

News

Space telescope ‘hears’ stellar heartbeat from a planetary companion

“Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we have discovered the first example of a planet that seems to be causing a heartbeat-like behaviour in its host star”

News

Large telescope array measures seeds of newborn planets

Researchers using ALMA have, for the first time, achieved a precise size measurement of small dust particles around a young star

News

Mystery solved! How Saturn got its rings

The new results also provide insight into the rings of other giant planets

News

Giant rings around exoplanet found to turn the wrong way

Researchers who were previously involved in the discovery of a ringed alien world have now calculated that the giant rings may persist more than 100,000 years

News

Possible water vapour plumes spotted erupting from Europa

Missions may be able to sample the Jupiter moon’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice

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