The galactic version of David and Goliath, reveal how these gigantic structures coalesce
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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
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ESA spacecraft observes stars ‘running away’ from our galaxy
Using Gaia’s artificial brain, the paths of six hypervelocity stars have been deduced
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hubble captures 30th anniversary image of famous supernova
SN 1987A was the closest observed exploding star to Earth since the invention of the telescope
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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
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Universe found to be turning a shade of green
Astronomers have found that the earliest galaxies have been turning an unusual colour
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ExoMars Update: Spacecraft’s camera captures its first images of Mars
The Mars Camera, CaSSIS, on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured its first high resolution shots of the Red Planet last week
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Beagle 2 Mars mission ‘didn’t crash land’, new research finds
The lander deployed at least three, and possibly all four, of the solar panels it was supposed to after touching down on the Red Planet’s surface
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Universe contains 10 times more galaxies than previously thought
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies in the cosmos
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Beginnings of life comes from starlight, according to space telescope
Astronomers now better understand how molecules, which are necessary for building other chemicals essential for life, form
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Hubble spies ‘nuclear stellar ring’ in galactic smash up
While NGC 278 may look serene, it is anything but
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Watch LIVE: Rosetta’s grand finale as orbiter heads for comet crash
The spacecraft will join lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P, bringing its 13 year mission to a close
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Secrets of giant space blob uncovered by ALMA telescope
The true nature of a rare object in the distant universe has been revealed
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Starving black hole causes galaxy to dim
The mystery of a rare change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy has been solved
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Rosetta mission to descend on comet’s active pits
The thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on 67P’s ‘head’
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Spacecraft discovers canyons flooded with liquid methane on Titan
NASA’s Cassini has found deep, steep-sided ravines on Saturn’s moon, filled with organic materials