Starhopper is expected to get about 65 feet off the ground
Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Astronomy
Antarctic ‘ghost particle’ hunter to get a £18.5-million upgrade
IceCube has helped unravel one of the oldest riddles in physics and astronomy – the origin of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays
Deep Space
The Hubble constant has changed, once again
This new measurement is based upon measuring the distance to red giant stars in different galaxies
Space Exploration
WATCH IN REAL-TIME: The launch of Apollo 11
Fifty years ago, we landed on the Moon – now you can relive NASA’s historic mission as it happened
Solar System
Make Mars habitable again
Terraforming Mars is an idea that scientists have been actively researching, and maybe silica aerogel could be the answer
Deep Space
Astronomers explore the hypothetical world of exomoon expulsion
Moons ejected from orbits around gas giant exoplanets could explain several astronomical mysteries, an international team of astronomers suggests
Deep Space
Hubble spots a strange thin disc at the core of a nearby galaxy
The disc orbits a black hole 250 times the mass of our Sun and it speeds material up to unimaginable speeds
Deep Space
Astronomers watch on as two black hole behemoths get ready for a collision
The titanic duo can help astronomers predict when the historic first detection of the background ‘hum’ of gravitational waves from supermassive black holes will be made
Deep Space
Solved! How the universe’s biggest stars become massive
Astronomers have obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disc feeding the growth of a massive baby star
Solar System
Vesta was the victim of a ‘cosmic hit-and-run’
Astronomers have deduced from a meteorite that the second largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt was part of a tremendous collision
Space Exploration
Speedy assembling: Astronomers are hastily creating instruments for 2021 lunar landing
University of California, Berkeley, are working in a hurry as NASA expects several lunar instruments to be ready in just two years
News
Space Rocks: More star-studded names have joined the crew
Names such as Chris Lintott, Anna Phoebe and Amplifier have now joined the event to discuss space and bring the rock
Deep Space
Hubble and Spitzer team up to reveal the exoplanet’s atmosphere 97 light years away
Atmospheric analysis of Gilese 3470 b shows it be unlike any planet seen in our Solar System
Deep Space
What gives a star its colour?
Find out why stars come in different colours
Deep Space
Streams of cool gas spiral into young galaxies to fuel the birth of stars
Astronomers have long sought-after finer details of this cosmic web to explain the incredible rate of star formation
Deep Space
Astronomers decipher the mystery of ancient supermassive black holes
When the Universe was young, there were a large amount of supermassive black holes for which astronomers could not understand where they came from
News
Win four weekend tickets to BlueDot Festival 2019!
Worth over £500 and providing entry for two adult and two teens, enter now for a camping trip surrounded by all things space, culture and music
Solar System
ESA’s Mars Express found chaos exclusive to the surface of Mars
Aurorae Chaos is a type of terrain has never been observed on Earth before, exhibiting craters, fractured rock, jumbled cliffs and much more
Space Exploration
NASA’s next highly-anticipated observatory passes important instrument review
NASA’s WFIRST mission will succeed the Spitzer Space Telescope as the organisation’s infrared eye in the sky
Solar System
What does the future hold for Earth’s “third pole”?
NASA is keeping an eye on the highest mountain ranges in Asia, as climate change alters the local ecology – and not for the better