ESA and NASA have green lit the LISA mission, striving to uncover the secrets of the ripples in the fabric of space-time
Space Exploration
Gravitational waves mission slated for launch in 2034
Solar System
The mystery of the ‘bright nights’ has been solved
The previously unexplained phenomena are supposedly caused by waves converging in the upper atmosphere
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Space Exploration
Mars orbiter spies Curiosity climbing Mount Sharp
Using the most powerful telescope ever sent to Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a view of the rover this month amid rocky mountainside terrain
Space Exploration
Kepler survey shows a gap in the exoplanet family tree
The alien worlds discovered so far show an unexplained gap between two types of exoplanet
Solar System
Opportunity’s new crater snap provides reminder of Apollo moon landing
NASA’s rover passed near a young crater this spring during the 45th anniversary of Apollo 16’s trip to the Moon, prompting a connection between the two missions
Space Exploration
NASA’s NuSTAR achieves its fifth year in space
To commemorate NuSTAR’s first five years in space, the principal investigator, Fiona Harrison, has chosen her five favourite images of the mission
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Deep Space
Unexpected nitrogen discovered in ‘butterfly-shaped’ star cloud
The stellar formation area has a peculiar section of compounds
Astronomy
Astronomers discover star-forming filament in Orion Nebula
Radio observations show a 50-light-year feature filled with ammonia, deep within the stellar nursery
Astronomy
Very Large Telescope captures spectacular new image of cosmic trio
Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbour in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory
Deep Space
Largest galaxies were aligned ten billion years ago
Ancient light from the distant structures can tell us more about the early universe
News
‘Wow!’ signal mystery finally solved
This signal detected in 1977 had gone unexplained until now, as scientists now confirm it’s from a comet
Deep Space
The making of TRAPPIST-1’s Earth-sized planets uncovered
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
Space Exploration
New confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity
Einstein predicted gravitational lensing over one hundred years ago
Deep Space
Astronomers study volatile stellar eruption dating back almost 1000 years
The explosive behaviour of R Aquarii can tell us about the two stars that comprise the system
Deep Space
Exoplanet found to be hotter than most stars
A new ‘hot Jupiter’ has been discovered and it possesses some infernal conditions
Deep Space
Galactic nucleus discovered to be ‘heavily obscured’
The nucleus of NGC 7582 is obstructed by gas and dust, but how does this occur?
Solar System
Different conditions for microbes existed in same Martian lake, Curiosity rover finds
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another
Deep Space
LIGO detects gravitational waves for the third time
This is the most distant gravitational wave source detected yet