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More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
6-9-2018 |
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Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
Planet-hunting probe captures first image
VIDEO 5-20-2018 | 19
NASA's new spacecraft has returned a breathtaking two-second exposure which features over 200,000 stars.
Mystery surrounds formation of high-mass stars
4-30-2018 | 6
Contrary to our understanding of star formation, large stars don't appear to form the same way as smaller ones.
Asteroids could be converted in to starships
4-29-2018 | 21
Researchers have put forward the idea of hollowing out an asteroid and using it to travel between the stars.
Star map update to feature 1.7 billion stars
4-26-2018 | 11
Astronomers from ESA's Gaia mission will tomorrow release the largest map of our galaxy ever created.
Astronomers detect signal from the first stars
VIDEO 2-28-2018 | 5
A table-sized antenna has picked up the fingerprints of the first ever stars to emerge after the Big Bang.
Huge black holes regulate star formation
1-2-2018 | 3
Scientists have found the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes control the formation of stars.
Hawking's PhD thesis released for free online
10-23-2017 | 2
The world-famous physicist hopes that his doctorate will encourage people to 'look up at the stars'.
Neutron star smash signals major breakthrough
VIDEO 10-16-2017 | 33
For the first time ever, gravitational waves and light have been picked up from the same cosmic event.
Did the Sun once have a companion star ?
6-14-2017 | 8
New evidence has suggested that all the sunlike stars in the universe may have formed together in pairs.
Astronomers see a star warp another's light
6-7-2017 | 5
Astronomers have observed a distant white dwarf star shifting the position of another star in the sky.
Scientists find hottest known extrasolar world
6-5-2017 | 9
At twice the size of Jupiter, KELT-9b experiences temperatures in excess of 4300 degrees Celsius.
Black holes are able to swallow stars whole
5-31-2017 | 13
New evidence has been found to support the idea that matter vanishes when it falls in to a black hole.
Scientists discover 60 new extrasolar planets
2-14-2017 | 1
The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
Hawking and NASA develop interstellar probe
12-12-2016 | 18
Professor Stephen Hawking has teamed up with NASA to design and develop an interstellar nano-starship.
Could alien life thrive on brown dwarf stars?
12-4-2016 | 10
Extrasolar planets may not be the only place where it is possible to find signs of extraterrestrial life.
Color flashing stars could be evidence of ET
10-31-2016 | 9
Two Canadian astronomers have found possible signs that an alien civilization is trying to communicate.
ESA reveals most detailed Milky Way map ever
9-15-2016 | 20
The European Space Agency has unveiled a map of our galaxy charting the positions of 1.1 billion stars.
Could we reach Earth 2.0 within 20 years ?
8-25-2016 |
The discovery of an Earth-like world around Proxima Centauri has spurred on efforts to send a probe there.
Stellar desert discovered in the Milky Way
8-3-2016 | 5
A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
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