Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

Enceladus is a medium-sized moon of Saturn made up of a crust of water-ice and an ocean of liquid water below. This ocean is in some senses similar to those on Earth and is connected directly to Encel

Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

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I read recently that scientists allegedly agree that there is no increase in extreme weather events and conditions. If that’s so, the journals I checked must not yet have got the memo. The German Helm

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is slightly elliptical, which means our distance from the Sun varies over the course of the year – and that brings effects that are fascinating to capture. The variation s