For making stars, it’s not just how much gas a galaxy has that matters – it’s where it’s hiding
A new, more detailed study of 1,000 distant galaxies explains why some gas-rich galaxies don’t produce as many stars as you’d expect.
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The fake disease that fooled the internet — and what it says about all of us
Why do we trust the wrong people and doubt the right ones? An experiment in lying reveals some uncomfortable truths.
The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far‑off star system
The discovery provides a way to study the birth of an entirely new planet in real time.
Spacecraft captured dust from beyond our solar system
In 1999, US space agency NASA launched the Stardust spaceship with what seemed then to be extraordinary aims. The first task of the mission was to take pictures of a comet, before diving into its tail…
The pillars of creation ‑ a glimpse into how stars are born
It’s the image that back in 1995 saved the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). It turned around five years of public mockery by demonstrating loud and clear that Hubble would live up to – and grow to exceed…
#MeToo in the movies – what to watch, see and play this week
Two films that play with time, an environmental art show, a guilty streaming pleasure and a cosy game
A giant ‘singing’ cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
A three-dimensional look and listen at a dark cloud in space sheds new light on the mystery of how our solar system formed billions of years ago.
Mario Draghi: is Italy’s addiction to technocratic leaders a cause for concern?
Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank, has been appointed prime minister after the government collapsed.
The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another
As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.
Star Wars: a New Hope for franchise longevity
How to build a movie empire that will last for generations.
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