Living a (Solar System) Lifetime in Color
What can the colors of Kuiper Belt Objects tell us about how the Solar System formed and evolved?
No, astronomers did not just claim that ‘Oumuamua is an extraterrestrial probe
Yes, ‘Oumuamua is weird; and no, it is probably not a probe sent by an alien civilization. Sometimes scientists (and journalists) should be a little more careful when making (and reporting on) extraordinary claims, especially when the word “alien” is involved.
A Delicate Binary Dance
The mere existence of a binary asteroid near Jupiter can enlighten us to conditions in the early Solar System and shake up what we thought we knew about this time period!
Heading to Titan? Bring a Swiffer!
Titan might actually be more akin to Mars and Earth than we first thought.
One (solar system) catalogue to aid them all
Based on colour alone, can we distinguish between a rocky, icy and gaseous planet?
Discovery of water ice in the shadows of Ceres
How does water ice survive on Ceres when it has no atmosphere? Find out in today’s astrobite.