Telescopes and space missions Research update GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon’s fractured surface Map of lunar gravity sheds light on early solar system Read article: GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon’s fractured surface
Telescopes and space missions Feature Voyager – a mission for life Mark Williamson asks what keeps scientists motivated in the 35-year-old Voyager mission Read article: Voyager – a mission for life
Planetary science Research update How Earth’s wandering poles return home Combination of two mechanisms bring poles back to original location Read article: How Earth’s wandering poles return home
Telescopes and space missions Research update Earth’s magnetic shield behaves like a sieve Cluster-mission data analysis points to a "porous" magnetopause Read article: Earth’s magnetic shield behaves like a sieve
Telescopes and space missions Research update The hue of alien Earths Researchers link the colours of exoplanets to the chances of them harbouring life Read article: The hue of alien Earths
Telescopes and space missions Feature My life on Mars Ashley Dale recounts his experiences during a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a facility in the Utah desert Read article: My life on Mars
Soft matter and liquids Research update Slow-cooling super Earths could lack life Studying how the interiors of expolanet varies with time is essential to knowing if they harbour life Read article: Slow-cooling super Earths could lack life
Planetary science Research update Geologist claims to have found plate tectonics on Mars "Strike-strip" fault points towards large-scale movements Read article: Geologist claims to have found plate tectonics on Mars
Telescopes and space missions News India set for Mars mission in 2013 Government approves £70m orbiter to red planet Read article: India set for Mars mission in 2013
Planetary science Video How do you hunt for planets that are outside our solar system? Zoe Leinhardt explains how astronomers are discovering alien worlds Read article: How do you hunt for planets that are outside our solar system?
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