22 April 2021
Several sun-like stars have been observed ejecting huge bursts of particles into space, which might help us decide whether their orbiting planets are potentially habitable or not
3 March 2021
A flash of light in the night sky, thought to have been a burst from a galaxy in the early universe, may actually have been nothing more than a glint from a piece of junk in Earth orbit
16 November 2020
The first source of fast radio bursts inside our galaxy is also producing much weaker signals, suggesting FRBs could be common throughout the universe
13 November 2020
It’s difficult to keep track of satellites in Earth’s orbit and avoid collisions – making them flash dimly should help, without interfering with astronomical work
30 September 2020
Confirming potential signs of life on Venus may require a trip there, and several missions from governments and private space firms are already being designed
19 June 2020
Hot Jupiters, a class of large gas giant exoplanets, appear to get bigger as they are heated over billions of years by their stars
11 June 2020
An instrument on board the International Space Station contains one of the coldest places in the universe, and researchers have used it to create a cloud of frozen atoms
3 February 2020
A group of astronomers has called for legal action to stop the launch of thousands of satellites designed by companies like SpaceX and OneWeb to beam high-speed internet around the world
6 October 2019
Astronomers are racing to learn about only the second interstellar object ever seen. We now know it contains cyanide gas – and we could send a probe to visit it
3 October 2019
A vast spider web of matter is thought to stretch across the universe. Now astronomers have seen its filaments between several galaxies for the first time
