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Solar sailing is a thing.
There's a way to go but things are progressing smoothly.
It's a major milestone, but it's still not ready for action just yet.
We're getting there, it's just taking a bit more time.
The asteroid 2021 PH27 is the closest asteroid to the Sun with a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead and completes an orbit in just 113 days.
New research has shown that mountains on the surface of neutron stars could be millimetres tall.
Call it the Cosmic Dawn.
By directly measuring the mass of a protoplanetary disc, astronomers have begun to unravel the mystery of planet formation.
Astronomers are no longer in the dark about the dimming of Betegeuse.
A mysterious blinking giant star found at the heart of the Milky Way represents another example of a rare eclipsing binary system.
A newly conducted in-depth cosmic census has revealed that star-forming molecular clouds come in an array of shapes and sizes.
The Dark Energy Survey has delivered its first results providing one of the most detailed pictures of the Universe ever created.
Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel vapour in the atmospheres of comets distant from the Sun and surrounding the interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov.
A pair of quasars closer together than any others previously observed could help researchers understand supermassive black hole binaries.
The study of the untainted interstellar comet 2I/Borisov has allowed astronomers to compare material found in our solar system to that belonging to other planetary systems.
A new image of M87's black hole in polarized light gives us a spectacular view of the powerful spacetime event.
Astronomers have measured Jupiter's Stratospheric Winds for the First Time.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have spotted GJ 1132 b, an extraordinary exoplanet where volcanic activity 'grew' an atmosphere.
Its source is a radio loud quasar blasting out jets when the universe was still in its infancy.
A newly discovered transiting exoplanet close to the solar system could be a prime target for atmospheric investigations, including the search for signs of life.
With a mass of 21 times that of the sun, the black hole of Cygnus X-1 challenges theories of stellar evolution.
The rhythmic movement of five of the six exoplanets around the star TOI-178 could challenge theories of planetary evolution.
The Trappist-1 exoplanets are comprised of similar materials to Earth but their lower density could indicate radically different worlds.
This year is set to be an important one for astronomy, cosmology and physics as researchers across these fields seek to investigate deeper into the Universe and the physics that governs it than ever before.
Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that is ejecting a massive amout of gas. The outburst could represent the end of star formation in ID2299 and its figurative death.
The discovery of primordial black holes could answer a multitude of lingering questions such as the nature of dark matter, and how heavy elements are synthesised in addition to hiding entire bubble universes.
Despite the global pandemic that has brought much of the world to a grinding halt, space scientists have continued to push the boundaries of our knowledge throughout 2020.
Astronomers have discovered an exotic binary system consisting of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other.
A new study highlights the importance of solar flares and space weather in reducing the habitability of exoplanets.
Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.
NASA has announced that water is more common on the Moon than previously believed, with traces now discovered at its sunlit Lunar South Pole. This is an area that has been traditionally considered free of water.
This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’
Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to a central supermassive black hole.
Astronomers have captured stellar winds emitted by aging stars in unprecedented detail.
Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.
This spectacular three-star system is radically different than our solar system.
Spotting space debris during the day could help save satellites from costly collisions.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning close-up image of comet NEOWISE, which recently captured the public’s imagination becoming visible in the night sky.
We might have to revise the commonly accepted image of planets orbiting a parent star.
The discovery of a calm galaxy so early in the Universe’s history calls into question our theories of how galaxies form.
Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects could merge to form a more monstrous black hole. Observational methods are finally becoming sensitive enough to spot such an event.
Astronomers have used mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies to solve a lingering cosmological problem-- locating the Universe’s missing baryonic matter , long predicted to exist, but never before detected.
The results from New Horizon's New Year's Day Flyby of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth are in, and it could just change how we think about planet formation.
It looks like caramel corn. Yum!
New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently was not believed possible.
The ESA’s CHEOPS telescope has finally launched kick-starting the next phase in exoplanet investigations.
As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for other worlds is heating up.
The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.
Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy 5 million years ago.
Clues pointing towards a volcanically active exomoon hidden outside our solar system — a violent and dangerous world — have been discovered by astronomers.
