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New Tech to Classify Galaxy Types, instead of Pesky Humans

16/09/2016

Perhaps it's the fault of digital watches, but humans are rubbish at describing galaxies. Report...

Dark Matter: New Data on The Real Fifth Element

17/08/2016

UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature ...

Newly Discovered Circumbinary Exoplanet Resembles Tatooine

15/06/2016

Largest crowdsource astronomy network helps confirm discovery of 'Tatooine' planet ...

Can You See Your House? The Atlas of Light Pollution

13/06/2016

Where is the worst artificial skyglow? An atlas of light pollution enlightens us....

The Beauty of the Bubble Nebula – New Hubble Images

24/04/2016

On it's 26th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope relays back images of the spectacular Bubble Nebula...

Yes, But Will There be Broadband? New Advances Improve Exoplanet Search

15/04/2016

New tool refines exoplanet search ...

The Last Man on the Moon

04/04/2016

Gene Kernan was the last man on the moon. This is his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss....

Is This Thing On? Scientists Propose New Method for Finding Extraterrestrial Life

05/03/2016

Researchers suggest a way of searching for weak signals from beyond Earth...

The Celestial Time Capsule is Your Chance to Send a Message into Space

11/02/2016

Artistic space odyssey to broadcast people's messages to the stars ...

Want Lightspeed Internet? You need NASA’s integrated-photonics modem

03/02/2016

NASA engineers tapped to build first integrated-photonics modem ...

What’s 570 billion times brighter than our sun? The Millisecond Magnetar

16/01/2016

Astronomers study what may be the most powerful supernova ever seen...

Guaranteed New Year Weight-Loss, Effortlessly

04/01/2016

Astronomers find new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of distant stars...

Spuds in Space: How to (Really) Grow Potatoes on Mars

24/12/2015

Crop harvested under Red Planet conditions will set course for Martian farming...

How Extreme Space Weather Could Ruin Your Rail Journey

22/12/2015

Ensuring readiness in case of space weather events ...

Your Magneto-Jet Awaits, Sir. Powerful magnetic fields in Nature

02/12/2015

Simulation shows key to building powerful magnetic fields ...

Looking for Habitable Exoplanets? Search for the Pale Orange Dot

14/11/2015

Early Earth's haze may give clue to habitability elsewhere in space ...

Rain Getting You Down? On Mars, it’s Acid Fog

06/11/2015

While Mars doesn't have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog....

Moonrock, Starstuff and Syd: the Stunning Jewellery of Ian Barrett

30/10/2015

You have to go a long way to get the best fossils and meteorites, or you can buy Ian Barrett's Jurassic Jewellery ...

Free Alcohol! Comet Lovejoy’s Interstellar Booze Cruise

26/10/2015

Researchers catch Comet Lovejoy giving away alcohol ...

new earths by NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) 620

But Will There Be Fjords? The New Earths Yet to be Built

22/10/2015

Most earth-like worlds have yet to be born, according to theoretical study ...

Stretching Your Spacelegs for a Landing on Mars: NASA’s Workout

03/10/2015

Assault courses on Mars? NASA studies physical performance after spaceflight...

Staging a Skyfall : How to Bring Down a Satellite

02/09/2015

Controlled Skyfall - How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement ...

Magnetosphere Waves by Credits S. Kavosi/J. Raeder/UNH

Magnetosphere Waves Look Perfectly Surfable

11/07/2015

Magnetosphere waves : two recently published papers highlight these shapely waves at the boundaries of near-Earth space....

Forget Life on Mars, Is There Volcanism on Venus?

20/06/2015

The observation of hotspots by Venus Express, combined with the geologic mapping from Venera and Magellan, make a strong case for a volcanically active Venus...

Where do Supermassive Quasars get Supermassive Quasar Fuel?

19/06/2015

Energy for quasars comes from supermassive black holes inside the cores of distant galaxies. But where do the supermassive black holes get their fuel?...

Simulated view of a black hole by Alain Riazuelo of the French National Research Agency, via Wikipedia.

Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

18/06/2015

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

Hubble looks into the galactic past

05/04/2015

Eight unusual looped structures orbit their host galaxies and glow in a bright and eerie goblin-green hue...

Breaking the Galactic Speed Record

11/03/2015

The white dwarf is thought to have turned into a 'thermonuclear supernovae' and exploded...

Ideological Fractals, Elite Conspiracies and Hard Rock. Starset UK dates

03/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcapt’s been a while since we’ve had a proper concept album. Startset look set to change that with Transmissions, exploring...