Water found around likely new planet

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

Planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani on why now is the time to spot shooting stars and a sunlit Saturn

To make a planet, first you’ll need a massive, reasonably dense cloud of cold gas and dust. Luckily, later generations of the cosmos have provided just that. These clouds, rich in hydrogen, helium and

Long ignored by scientists, cosmic dust is becoming an increasingly important field of study

Although some areas of Britain have been cooler ...

One of the Cassini orbiter’s stand-out discoveries in the Saturn system was plumes of water-ice erupting from fissures in the moon Enceladus. These ice particles make up the diffuse E ring surrounding