Computer simulations, combined with data from the Rosetta spacecraft, demonstrate that the comet could have been created after the formation of our Solar System
Solar System
Solar System
Deep Space
Zombie star feeds off its companion
ESA’s Integral space observatory spotted X-rays emitted from a unusual binary star system
Deep Space
Unveiling the atmospheres of the TRAPPIST-1 system
Three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 lack hydrogen in their atmospheres, which could be a good sign for its habitability
Space Exploration
LISA Pathfinder outshone its expectations
The new results have laid excellent foundations for ESA’s future LISA mission in 2034
Space Exploration
Preparing the spacecraft to monitor space weather
The European Space Agency aim to construct a spacecraft that will warn us about perilous incoming solar activity
Deep Space
Most distant black hole has been discovered
The supermassive object was observed just 680 million years after the Big Bang
Deep Space
Record-breaking star measurement puts dark matter on trial
The results provide more valuable evidence in support of our current model of the universe
Solar System
Cassini’s final farewell to Saturn
Members of the imaging team behind the spacecraft have created this magnificent mosaic image of Saturn, taken just days before the mission’s end
Astronomy
Targets pinpointed for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
After much consideration, the next-generation instrument will observe 13 targets in its first five months of scientific observations
Deep Space
‘Wobbling’ galaxies upset our understanding of dark matter
This unusual phenomenon within galaxy clusters may indicate to a new physics at work
Solar System
Mission scientists get unexpected final image from Rosetta
There was one last surprise in store for the camera team, who managed to reconstruct the final telemetry packets into a sharp shot
Deep Space
Astronomers use the dance of galaxies to see how they merge
The galactic version of David and Goliath, reveal how these gigantic structures coalesce
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
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
News
Cassini spacecraft captures Earth-Moon system through Saturn’s rings
A new image from the NASA mission shows our planet as a point of light
News
LISA Pathfinder to be used as ‘comet crumb’ detector
The mission has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory capable of detecting slight ripples in space-time
News
Space telescope captures mysterious cosmic explosion
An odd flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained
News
Hubble captures 30th anniversary image of famous supernova
SN 1987A was the closest observed exploding star to Earth since the invention of the telescope
News
Spacecraft finds brightest and most-distant ‘dead star’
ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a pulsar – the spinning remains of a once-massive star – that is a thousand times brighter than previously thought possible