Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good
The intrepid comet lander is finally going quiet - but you will have a chance to pay your respects
Rip up the rule book and let NASA’s Mars rover check ‘life’ zone
Contamination fears should not stop NASA sending its Mars rover to examine a nearby area that might contain water… and life, says Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Hubble spots a new long-lived storm raging on Neptune
Neptune is known for its Great Dark Spot, but a new blemish appeared last summer and has been roiling ever since
The alien world that’s being vaporised by a death ray
A Mercury-sized exoplanet is being blown apart like a dandelion – and magnetic hotspots on its star could make things worse
Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?
A new study says Hubble's successor could spot alien life on three new exoplanets. Should NASA be doing more? Or is it right to focus on other priorities?
Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice
Models of ice formation at high pressure suggest there could be habitable liquid water at the bottom of incredibly deep alien oceans
Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster
Astronomers have discovered a massive planet on an orbit close enough to speed up the rotation of its star
Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe
Two blobs detected in the distant, ancient universe may be the seeds of the supermassive black holes that now dominate every galaxy
Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe
Two blobs detected in the distant, ancient universe may be the seeds of the supermassive black holes that now dominate every galaxy
Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun
Observations of a supposed comet that skirts close to the sun reveal it doesn't really act like one – so may be a different kind of space rock altogether