Open University researchers have been investigating exactly how planet formation starts. Why do we need to know how planets form? Planets form as a by-product of…
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From Neptune’s blue hue to Jupiter’s red spot: are the colours of the planets real?
These days, we’re used to seeing pictures of planets sent back by spacecraft. Some pictures look colourful, others less so. But do they show what each…
Saturn’s moons may be younger than the dinosaurs – so could life really exist there?
Saturn is home to more than 60 moons – from the massive Titan and the crater-riddled Phoebe, to Enceladus with its geysers. Enceladus in particular has…
OU research student names ridge on planet Mercury
PhD student mapping features on the planet’s surface Large ridge is as long as distance from London to Liverpool In May you can observe Mercury yourself…
Water on Mars: evidence of glaciers similar to Earth’s
Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) and The OU have found new evidence that liquid water flowed beneath a glacier on Mars, suggesting it had glaciers…