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Space

Asteroid hunters part-blinded by the military

To hide the paths of military satellites, asteroid-spotting telescopes are being deprived of nearly a quarter of their field of view

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If there's life on Mars, it could be right-handed

Life

If there's life on Mars, it could be right-handed

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Has Jupiter sent cosmology down a false trail?

Space

Has Jupiter sent cosmology down a false trail?

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Hayabusa asteroid probe faces moment of truth

Space

Hayabusa asteroid probe faces moment of truth

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What's wrong with the sun?

Earth

What's wrong with the sun?

Features

Fractal haze may have warmed the early Earth

Earth

Fractal haze may have warmed the early Earth

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First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent

Space

First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent

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Airborne telescope makes its first observations

Space

Airborne telescope makes its first observations

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Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind

Space

Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind

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Jupiter loses a stripe

Space

Jupiter loses a stripe

For reasons as yet unknown, a dark band on the giant planet's southern hemisphere has recently vanished

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Earth

Cosmic 'dandruff' may have brought carbon to Earth

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Space

Moon fountains could answer astronauts' watery wishes

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Life

Common Mars rock can preserve microfossils after all

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Space

We're flying to an asteroid – but which one?

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