Could our solar system have nine planets after all?
Researchers in California have announced there may be a giant ninth planet at the very outer edge of our Solar System.
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Researchers in California have announced there may be a giant ninth planet at the very outer edge of our Solar System.
The discovery of a new dwarf planet is just the latest revelation causing astronomers to think again about our entire solar system. Experts tell Channel 4 News how the new cosmic order is shaping up.
A Surrey satellite firm is helping to establish an interplanetary internet system that could speed up the movement of data through space – and allow us to explore stars 30 trillion miles away.
The amount of wind and solar power being produced in the UK has risen rapidly. But industry bodies fear government plans to cut subsidies could undermine moves to a low carbon future.
Research published in the journal Environment Research Letters suggests that there is a link between the activity of the sun and lightning on earth.
A solar superstorm could trigger black-outs, knock out satellites, and disrupt aircraft and shipping, says a report – and the UK needs a new body to brace itself against the event.
The energy minister tells Channel 4 News he will appeal against a court decision not to allow the government to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes, as it will cost consumers £1.5bn.
With a month to go until payments are cut for households starting to generate solar energy, business leaders have attacked the move, which was announced by the government suddenly last week.
The Aurora Borealis could be visible in the UK over the next few nights due to solar activity – but if you miss it, don’t despair, because it’s going to get better, an expert tells Channel 4 News.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox highlights the vulnerability of the UK’s national infrastructure from huge explosions of energy from the sun as Channel 4 News looks at the science behind solar flares.
NASA is launching its Artemis 1 mission on Monday, describing it as another step towards sustainable exploration of the solar system.
Pluto suffered one of the biggest demotions in history when it was downgraded from the solar system’s ninth planet to a lowly Kuiper Belt Object. If it’s not a planet, what is it? And who decides?
Comets are about the most elusive and poorly understood objects in the solar system but in just a few hours space scientists are about to get the closest they have ever been to one.
Herpetologists will have been saddened to learn that a Russian satellite full of geckos has lost contact with earth. Will an evolved race of super-geckos emerge from the solar system in future?
Nasa’s Voyager has left the solar system, destination unknown, carrying a golden record with a plea from Jimmy Carter and a Chuck Berry tune. The Royal Astronomical Society’s Dr Keith Smith explains.