ESO commemorate the newly installed adaptive optics on the Very Large Telescope by imaging celestial objects in remarkable detail
Solar System
Very Large Telescope uses new optics to gather strikingly sharp images
FutureTech
New Worlds mission: Hunting for alien life using a starshade
By putting a huge umbrella into space, we could come closer to finding extraterrestrial life
Astronomy
Why do images of deep space objects look so colourful?
What causes the vivid colours in deep space photography?
Solar System
Would an asteroid in lunar orbit affect the Earth-Moon relationship?
Would any of the proposed plans to capture asteroids affect the Earth’s orbit?
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Edwin Hubble
How one of the world’s greatest astronomers shaped our understanding of the universe
Space Exploration
Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
Fifty-five years ago today, Tereshkova became the first woman to enter space
Astronomy
Planck releases final “legacy” data release
ESA’s Planck satellite has been studying the cosmic microwave background for over five years
Astronomy
Why do some people observe the aurora from an aeroplane?
The difference between watching the natural polar lights on the ground compared to from the sky
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Deep Space
Famous exoplanet’s doppelgänger found
Gas giant beta Pictoris b has been heavily studied since 2009, but now its identical twin has been spotted orbiting two brown dwarf stars
Solar System
Another volcano candidate spotted on Io
Recent images taken from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show the possible presence of another volcano on the surface
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: The Mercury 13 crew
In a time of gender prejudice, these women were denied the chance to fly into space, despite their obvious and remarkable capabilities
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: James E. Webb
The man without whom NASA might never have made it to the Moon.
Astronomy
What is absolute and apparent magnitude?
How do we measure the brightness of objects in the night sky?
Deep Space
Why does a gas planet not have a gas moon?
Do all moons have to be solid? Let’s find out.
FutureTech
Ghost Ship to Alpha Centauri
It’s all hands on deck to Alpha Centauri aboard the interstellar Ghost Ship
Solar System
Radio observations of near-Earth object reveal a rare binary asteroid
A near-Earth asteroid discovered last year turns out to be two objects of equal size orbiting each other
Deep Space
Hubble and Gaia unite to understand cosmic expansion
Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate.
Deep Space
Astronomers have located the source of mysterious “ghost particle”
For the first time ever, high-energy cosmic neutrinos have been detected coming from an energetic galaxy known as a blazar
Deep Space
Astronomers propose new way of measuring the universe’s expansion
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing
Astronomy
Astronomers capture a vibrant array of celestial colours
During a test of the HAWK-I camera, the Very Large Telescope captured this amazing image of a young generation of stars blossoming with colour