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Deep Space

Why is the space between galaxies black?

With their billions of stars, why don’t these giant structures light up the entirety of space?

Space Exploration

If you ran faster than the speed of light, would you cast a shadow?

In this hypothetic question, what happens to your shadow when sprinting at inhuman speeds?

Astronomy

If you put all of the stars in the night sky together, how bright would Earth’s sky be?

What would happen if a wave of a magic wand put all the stars together in the night sky?

Deep Space

Gamma-ray telescope gets ready for prime time

Gamma rays are known to be produced by some of the most energetic objects in the universe, including supernova explosions, pulsars and around black holes

Deep Space

Where did the first particles of light come from?

The very first particles of light came from somewhere. We find out where

Deep Space

Largest galaxies were aligned ten billion years ago

Ancient light from the distant structures can tell us more about the early universe

News

Hubble discovers details about black hole’s last meal

NASA’s space telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about 6 million years ago

News

Space telescope ‘hears’ stellar heartbeat from a planetary companion

“Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we have discovered the first example of a planet that seems to be causing a heartbeat-like behaviour in its host star”

News

Large numbers of dwarf galaxies discovered in the early universe

The tiny structures could reveal important details about a productive period of star formation in the cosmos billions of years ago

News

Hot cocoon surrounding newborn star spotted for the first time

The discovery marks the first important step for observational studies of extragalactic hot molecular cores and challenges the hidden chemical diversity of our universe

News

Hunt for dark matter expands thanks to NASA space telescope

Using six or more years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the search for the elusive material has been broadened with some novel approaches

News

Juno Update: Spacecraft enters Jupiter’s magnetic field

The craft has made it to the planet’s magnetosphere, where the movement of particles in space is controlled by what’s going on inside the gas giant

News

Planetary nebulae get much more meaningful physical appearance

A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of planetary nebulae dispersed across our galaxy has been announced by a team of three astronomers

News

Space telescopes capture black hole belching a massive flare

The strange behaviour of black holes has become somewhat less mysterious recently, according to NASA’s Swift spacecraft and NuSTAR satellite

Astronomy

Why do binoculars need prisms?

Prisms are crucial for a good pair of binoculars. We find out why

Deep Space

Five amazing facts about hot Jupiters

An extremely hot and very big class of exoplanet, here’s some facts about hot Jupiters

Space Exploration

What will NASA’s starshade help astronomers to achieve?

We take a look at why astronomers are keen for the launch of the starshade

Astronomy

When is the best time to observe zodiacal light?

We take a look at when the best time is to see this strange phenomenon

News

How do telescopes work?

Learn about the incredible properties of light in Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey

News

We’ve already invented time travel

Learn more about the time machines that exist on Earth with Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey

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