The NASA spacecraft has revealed an elusive side to the ringed planet
Solar System
Solar System
Deep Space
Astronomers find never-before-seen regions of star formation in our galaxy
A research team has discovered new evidence of stars forming in the Milky Way
Space Exploration
Goodbye, LISA Pathfinder: ESA deactivates gravitational wave mission
The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations
Space Exploration
NASA momentarily ceases communication with Mars orbiters and rovers
This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the Sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between us and the Red Planet
Space Exploration
VIDEO: Check out this brand new flyover movie of Pluto as you’ve never seen it before
Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of the dwarf planet, mission scientists have created a film that offers a spectacularly new perspective
Deep Space
Very Large Telescope captures dazzling heart of active galaxy
The European Southern Observatory instrument has caught a remarkable image of Messier 77
Deep Space
Astronomers get rare chance to see ancient galaxy’s demise
The primordial gas of the Little Cub dwarf galaxy is being stripped away by its much larger neighbour
Solar System
Juno Update: Jupiter results intensify as spacecraft heads for Great Red Spot
As Juno approaches the king of the Solar System again, Earth-based telescopes have been observing the prominent storm system
Solar System
NASA’s new algorithm to conserve Curiosity’s wheels
The rough terrain of the Red Planet has produced problems for the Mars rover, but a new algorithm can now help reduce the effect
Deep Space
Astronomers detect orbiting supermassive black holes
This detection of miniature orbital motion could be the missing evidence in the galaxy formation theory
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Thanks to the impressive photography skills of astrophotographer Chris Baker, these glorious displays are available for a limited amount of time
Deep Space
ESA spacecraft observes stars ‘running away’ from our galaxy
Using Gaia’s artificial brain, the paths of six hypervelocity stars have been deduced
Space Exploration
Gravitational waves mission slated for launch in 2034
ESA and NASA have green lit the LISA mission, striving to uncover the secrets of the ripples in the fabric of space-time
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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Meet the stars that could be responsible for space, time and our existence in the latest issue – out now!
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
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
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