ESO commemorate the newly installed adaptive optics on the Very Large Telescope by imaging celestial objects in remarkable detail
Solar System
Solar System
Astronomy
Planck releases final “legacy” data release
ESA’s Planck satellite has been studying the cosmic microwave background for over five years
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
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
Space Exploration
New Horizons Update: New global maps of Pluto and Charon released
Now, thanks to the efforts of the team behind the spacecraft, the first official validated topographical maps published and are available to all
Solar System
Hear the electromagnetic energy moving between Saturn and Enceladus
Researchers converted the interaction of plasma waves detected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft into an eerie audio file
Deep Space
Distant quasar imaged in unprecedented detail
This quasar could tell astronomers a lot about the state of the early universe and the first-ever galaxies
Deep Space
Astronomers use neutron stars to justify Einstein’s famous theory
This result is ten-times more precise than the previous best test of gravity, making the evidence for Einstein’s Strong Equivalence Principle that much stronger
Deep Space
Milky Way collided with ‘sausage’ galaxy roughly eight billion years ago
Astronomers propose that between eight and 10 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy collided with the Milky Way and completely reshaped the galaxy
Deep Space
NuSTAR observes cosmic rays shooting from a pair of massive stars
The X-ray emission detected from Eta Carinae shows highly energetic cosmic rays ejecting from the massive stars
Solar System
Early Uranus collided with object twice the size of Earth
Based on recent simulations, a powerful collision with a massive object four billion years ago could explain a number of Uranus’ observed attributes
Space Exploration
Dawn displays unique view of Occator Crater
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned amazing images of the dwarf planet Ceres whilst in a low orbit, including particularly stunning images of the Occator Crater
Solar System
New mystery arises about asteroid Phaethon
The light reflected from the surface of the new-Earth asteroid is much different from what astronomers previously thought
Deep Space
A planet being born has been directly imaged for the first time ever
This young planet is shaping its host primordial disk and its atmosphere appears to be cloudy
Deep Space
Peering inside the Pillars of Creation
A new study explores how these iconic columns are influenced by the magnetic fields within them