No place like home: Our lonesome solar system
11 May 2011
Two decades of searching have failed to turn up another planetary system like ours. Should we be worried?
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Found 275 results for dwarf planet
Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
4 May 2011
Powerful telescopes, clever astronomy and trips to some of Earth's most extreme and remote places are helping identify the most promising places to start
Empty universe: Cosmology in the year 100 billion
30 March 2011
The skies of the far future will be dark and lonely, but our descendants will have one telltale clue to help them decipher the cosmos, says Marcus Chown
Eight extremes: The coldest thing in the universe
2 March 2011
The bottom of the temperature scale is one area where humans have no trouble outdoing nature
Dark matter: The evidence
2 February 2011
Eighty per cent of the total matter in the cosmos is invisible to conventional telescopes. But if we can't see it, how can we be so sure it's there?
Rise of the robot astronomers
12 January 2011
Long nights spent peering into the cosmos are over, for humans at least. Artificial intelligence will take charge of the planet's greatest telescopes
Unseen universe: Window on cosmic maternity wards
1 September 2010
Infrared was the first invisible radiation discovered – it has revealed asteroids, comets, interstellar dust and the birth of planets, stars and galaxies
Half-eaten dwarf planet reveals chemical secrets
30 June 2010
The half-digested remains of a dwarf planet could provide the best window yet into the chemical make-up of alien solar systems
60 Seconds
23 June 2010
Cellphone cancer linked trashed, voyage to Pluto and "female Viagra"
Cosmic hit-and-runs create failed stars
26 May 2010
Close encounters between swerving young stars might help spawn the brown dwarfs riddling the Milky Way
