Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews See like a solar system Robert P Crease discusses what the science of the solar system teaches us about perception Read article: See like a solar system
Planetary science Research update Giant planet orbits three stars and enjoys multiple sunsets Young gas giant is the smallest planet to be imaged directly Read article: Giant planet orbits three stars and enjoys multiple sunsets
Planetary science Feature Pathway to Planet Nine Konstantin Batygin explains what led him and astronomer Mike Brown to propose the existence of a ninth planet in our solar system Read article: Pathway to Planet Nine
Planetary science Feature Extraterrestrial light shows Sarah Badman explains how observations of auroras on other planets are revealing new facts about these fascinating and beautiful phenomena Read article: Extraterrestrial light shows
Telescopes and space missions News NASA’s Juno craft arrives at Jupiter $1.1bn mission will study the origin and inner structure of the largest planet in our solar system Read article: NASA’s Juno craft arrives at Jupiter
Planetary science Feature Brave new Jupiter With NASA’s Juno spacecraft arriving at Jupiter this July, Stephen Ornes reports on what scientists have in store for this distant probe Read article: Brave new Jupiter
Planetary science Research update New Horizons lifts the lid on Pluto’s peculiar polygons Convection cells create the patchwork surface of Sputnik Planum, say scientists Read article: New Horizons lifts the lid on Pluto’s peculiar polygons
Planetary science Research update Ingredients for life spotted on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Glycine could have arrived on a young Earth from space, say Rosetta scientists Read article: Ingredients for life spotted on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Planetary science Research update Mega-tsunamis shaped ancient Martian shoreline Huge meteorite impacts created a splash in northern Mars 3.4 billion years ago Read article: Mega-tsunamis shaped ancient Martian shoreline
Telescopes and space missions Video What can we learn from comets? These "dirty snowballs" can teach us about the history of our solar system Read article: What can we learn from comets?
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