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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

How did Mars get its polar ice caps?

It’s a fairly dry and dusty world, so how did Mars get its frosty poles?

Space Exploration

Why do spacecraft need heat shields to enter Earth but not to leave it?

The science of re-entry explained

Solar System

Why is Uranus colder than Neptune?

Why is the furthest planet from the Sun, Neptune, warmer than Uranus?

Deep Space

Where did the first particles of light come from?

The very first particles of light came from somewhere. We find out where

News

Cool ‘failed stars’ discovered in the solar neighbourhood

The objects, known as brown dwarfs, hold promise for helping us understand both stellar evolution and planet formation

News

New Habitable Zone suggested for exoplanets suitable for life

The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second “Goldilocks,” according to a Yale University researcher

News

Venus may have once been habitable, NASA says

The hostile world may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures

News

Super-Earth’s climate patterns mapped for the first time

Observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the first temperature map of 55 Cancri e

Solar System

If the universe is so cold, why do some space telescopes need to be cooled?

Why do spacecraft need to keep themselves at a low temperature to function properly?

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