Space flight between the stars will need a tremendous amount of energy – and we may be able to store it in a miniature black hole
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Deep Space
Cold hydrogen could have stopped Milky Way’s star formation
For the first time ionised hydrogen has been detected at the lowest frequency ever towards the centre of our galaxy
Deep Space
What gives a star its colour?
Find out why stars come in different colours
Deep Space
What happens when a giant star meets a smaller star?
Does one devour the other, or do they both co-exist? Find out the answer when stellar giants collide
Deep Space
Is dark matter hiding a mirror world?
We find out if this material is harbouring a reflection of the cosmos
Deep Space
Odd stellar couple discovered by super telescope array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has discovered that two young stars forming from the same swirling protoplanetary disc could in fact be twins
Deep Space
What would it be like to live in a globular cluster?
Astronomer’s paradise or a light pollution hell? We reposition our Solar System to find out
Space Exploration
Kepler retires from exoplanet-hunting duties
The space telescope has ran out of the fuel needed to advance on its already-impressive nine years of service
Deep Space
Gaia identifies intruding stars from other galaxies
Astronomers found hypervelocity stars racing toward the galactic centre, inferring they could have come from other galaxies
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Svetlana K Savitskaya
Savitskaya paved the way for female cosmonauts
Astronomy
What is absolute and apparent magnitude?
How do we measure the brightness of objects in the night sky?
Astronomy
What do the letters of stellar classification stand for?
O, B, A, F and so on… What do they all mean?
Deep Space
New model explains how we see a black hole devour a star
Researchers have come up with a theory explaining why we see different radiation from the same star-destroying event
Deep Space
Why do stars exist?
Stars are a fundamental part to our universe, but what purpose do they serve?
Astronomy
Are all the constellations made of stars in our own galaxy?
Where are the stars in various constellations located?
Astronomy
Galaxies swell up as they age
Analysis of over 800 galaxies shows that there is a relationship between a galaxy’s age and size
Deep Space
Zombie star feeds off its companion
ESA’s Integral space observatory spotted X-rays emitted from a unusual binary star system
Astronomy
Astronomer proposes new definition of a planet
By adding these new constraints, astronomers should be able to differentiate between a large planet and a brown dwarf
Deep Space
Exoplanets found to orbit iron-rich stars tightly
A new study has shown that alien worlds tend to have shorter orbital periods when swinging around their metal-rich stellar parents
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