Rogue planets: hunting the galaxy’s most mysterious worlds
Not all planets orbit stars. Rogues float through the galaxy in darkness and are almost impossible to see.
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How did Uranus end up on its side? We’ve been finding out
A body at least twice as massive as the Earth smashing into Uranus could have made it lopsided, shows research.
Astronomers watch as black hole drags an exploding star to its death
A team of astronomers captured the moment when a wayward star was pulled into the mouth of a supermassive black hole.
Saturday Night Live has thrived in the US for 50 years – but a British SNL faces an uphill battle
SNL’s British adaptation faces a cultural problem, not a format problem.
We discovered a warped and twisted disc of young, massive stars at the edge of our Milky Way
The Milky Way’s disc of stars becomes increasingly warped and twisted the further away they are from the galaxy’s centre.
The changing colours of the universe
We know we live in an expanding universe but it’s also changing colour and has been doing so for billions of years. Take a look at a Hubble image (above) of the distant universe and you will see hundreds…
Hunting galaxies far far away – here’s how anyone can explore the universe
Anyone with an internet connection can search the universe and possibly discover never-before-seen galaxies.
The sun was born when a dense gas cloud collapsed, 4.6 billion years ago
Analysis of fragments of the first solids that emerged out of the birth of the sun date our supernova as being 4.6 billion years old.
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years
The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
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