Nitrogen tally tests the nebula
Nitrogen in Jupiter's atmosphere provide clues to the make-up of the pre-planetary nebula
Read article: Moon illuminates climate study
Moon illuminates climate study
Dark side of the Moon can reveal changes in our atmosphere
Read article: Jets on Jupiter: first view of an auroral flare
Jets on Jupiter: first view of an auroral flare
The solar wind and the giant planet's magnetic field combine to produce a huge plume
Read article: The flood-plains of Ganymede
The flood-plains of Ganymede
Icy lava could have created the flat regions on Jupiter's largest moon
Night-time on Venus
Signals from the dark side of Venus shed light on our neighbour's atmosphere
Read article: Extrasolar planets
Extrasolar planets
Andrew Collier Cameron explains how astronomers are searching for an Earth-like planet outside our solar system that could harbour life
Clouds gather on Titan
Titan’s atmosphere has much in common with our own: it consists mainly of nitrogen, contains organic material, and exerts a pressure one-and-a half times what we feel on Earth. But Titan receive...
Read article: ‘Floating planets’ challenge theorists
‘Floating planets’ challenge theorists
Many planets have been discovered outside our solar system, but they are usually detected by observing the wobble of the parent star induced by the gravitational pull of the orbiting planet. Zapatero ...
CODAG: watching dust gather
The CODAG experiment recreated for the first time conditions in the early solar system in order to observe the dust clustering process. Micron-sized silicon oxide grains were injected into a chamber f...
Read article: Europa: water, water everywhere
Europa: water, water everywhere
The latest evidence comes from an analysis of the magnetic fields surrounding Europa. When a conducting body is placed inside a time-varying magnetic field, electrical currents are induced inside the ...
