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Solar System

Comet 67P could be younger than first thought

Computer simulations, combined with data from the Rosetta spacecraft, demonstrate that the comet could have been created after the formation of our 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

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