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Best close-up of Pluto’s surface
The most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
May 28, 2016
Solar storms key to life on Earth?
Energy from our young sun – 4 billion years ago - helped create molecules in Earth's atmosphere that allowed it to warm up enough to incubate life, says study.
May 25, 2016
Comets orbiting nearby sunlike star
Astronomers have found the first evidence of icy comets orbiting a sunlike star 160 light-years from Earth.
May 24, 2016
Ancient tsunamis on Mars?
A study suggests that 2 large meteorites hit Mars billions of years ago and triggered mega-tsunamis in Martian water oceans.
May 23, 2016
Is Europa’s ocean like Earth’s?
New research finds the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa could have the necessary balance of chemicals for life, even without active volcanoes.
May 23, 2016
New Horizons, heading out, spies 1994 JR1
New Horizons imaged this distant Kuiper Belt Object twice. It has learned its location and spin, and dispelled a theory that 1994 JR1 is a quasi-satellite of Pluto.
May 20, 2016
Giant impacts typical for Earth-like worlds
An advanced computer simulation suggests that newly forming Earth-like worlds are likely to suffer a giant impact, like that thought to have created our moon.
May 18, 2016
Small blue galaxy offers Big Bang clues
This galaxy - nicknamed 'little lion' - contains the lowest level of heavy elements ever detected in a gravitationally bound system of stars.
May 16, 2016
When will 2007 OR10 get a name?
2007 OR10 is now known as the third-largest dwarf planet. It's about a third smaller than Pluto. It's the largest unnamed body in our solar system.
May 16, 2016
News about mystery star KIC 8462852 aka Tabby’s Star
Alien megastructures - aka Dyson spheres - around a star 1,500 light-years away? Astronomers struggle to explain the most mysterious star in the universe.
May 14, 2016
