Read article: ‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth
Lab-based experiment shows how centimetre-sized objects are accelerated
Read article: Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere
Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
Read article: To make Mars warmer, just add nanorods
Releasing engineered nanoparticles into the Martian atmosphere could warm the planet by over 30 K
Read article: Half-life measurement of samarium-146 could help reveal secrets of the early solar system
Isotope is extracted from an accelerator target
Read article: Liquid water could abound in Martian crust, seismic study suggests
Reservoir could harbour microbial life
Read article: Icy exoplanet found to be potentially habitable
Researchers discover that a temperate exoplanet may have an atmosphere, could be covered in ice, and may even have an ocean of liquid water
Read article: Liquid–metal interfaces show large thermoelectric effect
Discovery could help us better understand Jupiter’s magnetic field as well as improve liquid–metal batteries
Read article: Mars has frost-covered mountains at its equator but no lakes at its poles
Two new studies reveal where the red planet’s water is, and where it (probably) isn’t
Read article: Scientists identify a ‘sugar world’ beyond Neptune
The surface of a Kuiper Belt object called Arrokoth is rich in glucose, ribose and other sweet molecules
Read article: Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s
Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago
