These results are based of observations made in September 2019 using telescopes in Spain and Hawaii
Solar System
Solar System
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Edwin Hubble
How one of the world’s greatest astronomers shaped our understanding of the universe
Solar System
What would happen if all of the gas planets’ atmospheres were stripped away?
Not only would it have problems for the planets themselves, but the Solar System in general would be in trouble
Solar System
Is the Moon drifting away from Earth?
We find out if we’re likely to lose our Moon one day
Solar System
If Saturn and Jupiter collided, would they become one planet?
We explore the possibility of the two major heavyweights in the Solar System colliding in epic fashion
Solar System
This comet might be from interstellar space. Here’s how we could find out
Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) could be the second confirmed interstellar object, however astronomers will have much more time to examine it
Space Exploration
Long after historic flybys, NASA’s New Horizons is still pioneering science in the Kuiper Belt
The spacecraft made historic flybys of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule, but there is still more to offer
Solar System
A telescope orbiting the Moon could spy one interstellar visitor per year
Such a mission would shed considerable light on our solar system’s population of interstellar objects
Deep Space
Astronomers discover an exoplanet with a ‘long, egg-shaped’ orbit
This unusual orbit has not been seen before by any other exoplanet or planet within our own solar system
Solar System
The strange case of missing lightning at Venus
The data collected by JAXA’s Venus orbiter, Akatsuki, has strangely not showed a single glimpse of lightning
Solar System
Life may be common in the Milky Way, thanks to comet swapping
And Earth may be one of the primary donor worlds
Space Exploration
TESS Update: Spacecraft discovers planet ‘missing from our Solar System’
Launched in 2018, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has found three new worlds around a neighbouring star
Deep Space
What would happen if a planet crashed into a neutron star?
We take a look at the answer to this intriguing question
Solar System
Astronomers have set up simulations to understand trans-Neptunian objects
Understanding the origin of these objects can help explain the origins of the entire Solar System
Solar System
Why are all the planets different colours if they formed at the same time?
We take a look at why the members of the Solar System vary in colour
Solar System
How big is the largest crater on Callisto?
We find out what the biggest impact is on this Galilean moon
Solar System
On which planet would I weigh the least?
Out of the eight planets, from Mercury to Neptune, on which of these would you weigh the least?
Deep Space
How are comets made?
We take a look at how these ‘dirty snowballs’ are made
Space Exploration
NASA plans next-generation missions to probe Uranus and Neptune
Of all the planets in the Solar System the ice giants remain relatively unexplored
Solar System
What would happen if all of the gas planets’ atmospheres were stripped away?
It would take something special, but the consequences would change the Solar System as we know it