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FutureTech

New Worlds mission: Hunting for alien life using a starshade

By putting a huge umbrella into space, we could come closer to finding extraterrestrial life

Astronomy

Two halves have unified to make the James Webb Space Telescope

This next-generation space telescope, due to launch in 2021, will detail our solar system and beyond into the cosmos

Deep Space

Astronomers spot a ‘football-shaped’ exoplanet kicking out heavy metals

The hot-Jupiter WASP-121b has metals such as iron and magnesium flee the host planet due to its weak gravity

Space Exploration

Tiny satellites could lead the way for huge next-generation telescopes

With the proposal for enormous space telescopes becoming more serious, engineers suggest using tiny satellites as ‘guide stars’ for any future telescope

News

Space telescope captures most of the early universe’s starlight

The analysis estimates the formation rate of stars and provides a reference for future missions that will explore the still-murky early days of stellar evolution

Deep Space

One world in the TRAPPIST-1 system could be Earth-like

Rigorous modelling was conducted of the TRAPPIST-1 system, focussing on the chemistry and radiation of the environment

Deep Space

Oddball features spotted around neutron star for the first time

The observation could help astronomers better understand the evolution of these collapsed stellar cores

Deep Space

NASA identifies the science of extraterrestrial life

Researchers in astronomy, biology and geology have come together in the search for life on distant planets

Astronomy

Astronomers plan for interstellar water search

One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s preliminary missions will be to search for water in a nearby star-forming region

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

Deep Space

James Webb Space Telescope will hunt down brown dwarfs

Astronomers hope to understand the elusive object that forms a bridge between stars and planets

Deep Space

Double-world discovery could solve ‘puffy planet’ mystery

Since astronomers first measured the size of an extrasolar planet 17 years ago, they have struggled to answer the question: how did the largest planets get to be so large?

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

News

Alien volcanoes could improve chances of finding life on exoplanets

Hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve chances of locating life in the cosmos

News

Seven Earth-sized planets discovered just 40 light years away

The system has both the largest number of Earth-sized planets yet found and the largest number of worlds that could support liquid water on their surfaces

News

Possible water vapour plumes spotted erupting from Europa

Missions may be able to sample the Jupiter moon’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice

News

Universe is expanding faster than previously thought

Astronomers have obtained the most precise measurement yet of how fast the universe is expanding at the present time

News

Potentially habitable worlds found just 40 light years from Earth

Similar in size and temperature to Venus and Earth, the exoplanets are the best targets so far in our search for life

News

FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 51

Don’t miss the transit of Mercury with our complete guide to the rarest astronomical event of the decade

News

Hubble spots galaxy 13.4 billion years in the past

Astronomers have shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe

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