Method to weigh galaxy clusters could help us understand mysterious ‘dark matter’ structures
Galaxies evolve in mysterious way. But a new study offers a fresh approach to understand them.
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Comet from another star has a composition unlike anything else in our solar system
The chemical constituents of 3I/Atlas are a sign of its exotic origin.
True Detective: Night Country’s indigenous representation offers hope for decolonising television
The show’s creators have gone beyond cheap and overused stereotypes to allow for a more realistic depiction of contemporary indigenous lives.
Giant galaxies die from the inside when they stop making stars
What happens to a galaxy when it runs out of the stuff needed to forge new stars?
Why do some galaxies stop making new stars?
Galaxies are supposed to be the place where new stars are formed. So what causes some to stop this stellar production line?
From galactic pile‑ups, stars are born: a crash course in clusters
Clusters of galaxies have back-stories worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster: their existences are marked by violence, death and birth, arising after extragalactic pile-ups where groups of galaxies crashed…
Explainer: why the August night sky lights up with the Perseid meteor shower
The annual Perseid meteor shower gives us a glimpse of remnants from the early formation of the solar system.
Star Wars planets migrate into position around stellar pairs
Planetary science is beginning to catch up with science fiction. Since the launch of the Kepler space telescope in 2009, a deluge of planets outside of our solar system has been found, with many oddball…
How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe
Thirty years ago the Hubble Space Telescope began snapping photos of distant stars, providing a time machine that has taken astronomers back to when the universe was less than a billion years old.
Curious Kids: how are galaxies formed?
We have to look back to the Big Bang to find out.
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