Life's building blocks found in meteorite
Meteorite discovery Scientists have discovered the fundamental building blocks of life, in a type of meteorite where they weren't expected to exist.
Cyclone batters Saturn for five years
Stormy weather A cyclone the size of Europe lashed Saturn for five years, becoming the longest-lasting storm ever seen on the solar system's great pl
New thinking on asteroid belt
Cosmic debris Scientists have come up with an alternative explanation for planetary formation which may shed light on how the solar system's asteroid
Voyager reaches edge of solar system
Outer limits NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a point at the edge of the solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind.
New theory for Saturn's rings
Ring theory Saturn's majestic rings and icy inner moons formed following the planet's collision with another moon the size of Titan, a new study sugg
Astronomers find planet with a diamond heart
Hot planet Scientists may need to rewrite the text books following the discovery of a carbon-rich exoplanet.
The discovery made using the Spi
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