Giant halos spotted around distant quasars
VIDEO 10-26-2016 |
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The discovery has the potential to challenge what we currently know of how early galaxies formed.
Could Planet Nine explain sun tilt mystery ?
10-25-2016 | 19
A large planet lurking in the outer solar system could be causing the sun's rotational axis to tilt.
70 years on: first image of Earth from space
10-24-2016 | 33
Seven decades ago, scientists in new Mexico took the first ever pictures of our planet from outer space.
Expansion of the universe 'may be constant'
10-22-2016 | 12
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the universe is expanding at an increasingly rapid rate.
ExoMars lander may have exploded on impact
10-21-2016 | 58
It looks like the Schiaparelli lander slammed in to the Martian surface after its landing system failed.
Fate of ExoMars lander hangs in the balance
10-19-2016 | 58
The ExoMars mission's lander Schiaparelli has reached Mars but it is unclear whether or not it survived.
Two 'moonlets' found in orbit around Uranus
10-18-2016 | 5
30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
Galaxies are a lot more numerous than thought
10-15-2016 | 22
There are believed to be ten times as many galaxies in the universe than previous studies had suggested.
Consortium unveils space nation 'Asgardia'
10-14-2016 | 30
Referred to as the 'first nation state in space', Asgardia will seek to safeguard the entire planet.
New dwarf planet found beyond orbit of Pluto
VIDEO 10-13-2016 | 24
This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
Obama aims to send humans to Mars by 2030s
VIDEO 10-12-2016 | 25
The US President has reiterated his efforts to send humans to the Red Planet within the coming decades.
Mars astronauts vulnerable to 'space brain'
10-10-2016 | 28
Astronauts embarking on missions in to deep space could be at an increased risk of developing dementia.
ExoMars spacecraft is nearing its destination
VIDEO 10-7-2016 | 6
ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
Wandering black hole found in distant galaxy
10-6-2016 | 8
Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole floating in the outskirts of a newly merged galaxy.
Scientists discover subsurface ocean on Dione
10-5-2016 | 6
New research has suggested that another of Saturn's moons is home to a subsurface ocean of liquid water.
UN announces its first ever space mission
10-2-2016 | 14
The United Nations has revealed that it will be launching a global collaborative spaceflight project.
Rosetta is destroyed in comet crash-landing
VIDEO 9-30-2016 | 14
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has gone out in a blaze of glory by deliberately colliding with comet 67P.
SpaceX plans to send humans to Mars by 2022
VIDEO 9-28-2016 | 23
Elon Musk has outlined his extraordinarily ambitious plans to make mankind an interplanetary species.
NASA has discovered water plumes on Europa
VIDEO 9-27-2016 | 33
The find could make it much easier to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in Europa's oceans.
We are all living in a directionless universe
9-26-2016 | 12
A new study has revealed that, in all likelihood, the universe is expanding equally in all directions.
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