Thermal emission measurements from the exoplanet Trappist-1 b suggest two plausible yet contradictory scenarios
Read article: The enigma of Trappist-1 b: a thick atmosphere or airless rock?
New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision
Read article: How would an asteroid strike affect life on Earth?
Supersonic winds and water vapour feature in new study of WASP-127b
Read article: Astronomers create a ‘weather map’ for a gas giant exoplanet
Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life
Read article: Asteroid Bennu contains the stuff of life, sample analysis reveals
Ian Randall reviews LUNAR: a History of the Moon in Myths, Maps + Matter
Read article: Moonstruck: art and science collide in stunning collection of lunar maps and essays
New data analysis reveals that some of our understanding of the ice giant Uranus may be false
Read article: Solar wind squashed Uranus’s magnetosphere during Voyager 2 flyby
Simulations of "ice giant" interiors shed light on unexpected Voyager 2 findings
Read article: Immiscible ice layers may explain why Uranus and Neptune lack magnetic poles
Lab-based experiment shows how centimetre-sized objects are accelerated
Read article: ‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth
Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
Read article: Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere
Releasing engineered nanoparticles into the Martian atmosphere could warm the planet by over 30 K
Read article: To make Mars warmer, just add nanorods
