We’ve found a new family of stars in the Milky Way that could help us work out how galaxies formed
A new discovery can help determine where all the stars in the universe’s galaxies actually come from.
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Why is life left‑handed? The answer is in the stars
Researchers have created a star-forming cloud in the laboratory to try to recreate the first-ever biological molecule. The study could explain why such molecules are left-handed.
Here be dragons: the supermassive black hole that’s growing impossibly fast
Meet the supermassive black hole that defied the model.
Are red skies at night a shepherd’s delight? An astronomer’s view
The science of red skies can also help us understand how stars form.
The fate of the universe: heat death, Big Rip or cosmic consciousness?
In about 10100 years, the universe will have passed away in a tragic ‘heat death’. But don’t despair, eventually random conscious brains may pop out in empty space to shake things up.
How we discovered that supermassive black holes can power enormous ‘galactic fountains’
Astronomers have suspected them for ages –now a team as finally spotted a ‘fountain’ in a galaxy far, far away.
Solar wind and space dust create new source of water, laboratory study suggests
Water ice is the most abundant solid material in the universe. Much of it was created as the byproduct of star formation, but not all. John Bradley of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and his team…
Five of the most exciting telescope pictures of the universe
As we await the launch of the James Webb Space telescope, it’s timely to look back on what previous generations of telescopes have shown us.
Our quest to find a truly Earth‑like planet in deep space
In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.
A stolen exoplanet that will kill us all? Here’s what we do know about ‘Planet Nine’
Why Planet Nine should be found in the next few years … if it exists.
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