outer space
Star ‘squeezed like toothpaste tube’ by supermassive black hole in cosmic show
The event is the brightest and furthest ever detected, occurring more than eight billion light-years away.
Winchcombe meteorite ‘holds clues as to how oceans and life originated on Earth’
The space rock has been found to contain 11% water and 2% carbon.
Boeing’s Starliner to attempt second uncrewed test flight to space station
If successful, the mission will pave the way for Starliner to become a ‘taxi service’ for Nasa, ferrying astronauts to and from the ISS.
Nasa’s Deep Space Atomic Clock ’10 times more stable than existing space clocks’
Dsac was launched into orbit in 2019 to test its accuracy in space, with an aim to revolutionise deep-space navigation.
Mystery of the ‘great dimming’ of Betelgeuse solved by scientists
Astronomers have figured out why the red supergiant star, which is 500 light years from Earth, became visibly darker during 2019 and 2020.
Pink supermoon set to brighten UK night skies
It may look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter in the sky as the moon reaches its closest point to Earth.
Hubble mark 31st birthday with stunning image of star on ‘edge of destruction’
It features one of the brightest stars in the Milky Way galaxy, called AG Carinae.
Ageing stars spin faster than expected, scientists find
Researchers say the data could help shed light on the Sun’s activity over the next several billion years.
UK scientists part of team using Nasa’s new telescope to search for dark matter
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built.