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ESA launch special Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer pre-launch event

The ESA has announced that the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission will be celebrated at an event in Toulouse on 20 January next year.

Astronomers develop new way to analyse red giant stars

Red giant stars, dying stars that are in the final stages of stellar evolution, often experience glitches deep inside their inner core.

Two exoplanets may be mostly water

Astronomers from the University of Montreal have discovered that two exoplanets may be comprised of mostly water.

First galactic fingerprint unveiled with robotic sky scanner

A major telescope upgrade has revealed the first galactic spectra 280 million light-years away from Earth.

Unique gamma-ray burst defies current formation theories

A long-duration gamma-ray burst, observed in 2021, has forced scientists to create a new model for certain type of bursts.

Active mantle plume indicates Mars is more active than previously thought

An enormous mantle plume beneath Mars' surface is thought to be the cause of intense volcanic and seismic activity.

Cosmic rays reveal influence of solar cycle at Mars and Venus

Cosmic rays hidden in spacecraft data can be used to showcase the influence of the Sun’s activity across our inner Solar System.

Astrophysicists hunt for ways to observe the second-closest supermassive black hole

The supermassive black hole is a behemoth that is three million times the mass of the Sun, hosted by the dwarf galaxy Leo I.

Study of ‘polluted’ white dwarfs reveals interesting facts about planet formation

A team of astronomers has found that planet formation in our young solar system started much earlier than previously thought.

New discovery challenges formation theory of gamma-ray bursts

New research led by the University of Bath has unveiled that gamma-ray bursts may sometimes be formed by new-born supramassive stars.

Supernova images unveil secrets of an earlier Universe

Detailed telescope images of a red-supergiant supernova are helping scientists learn more about the early Universe.

Have astronomers discovered the lightest-ever neutron star?

Using X-ray telescopes in space, astronomers have discovered a potential neutron star nestled in the centre of a supernova remnant.

New discovery could reduce the number of potentially habitable planets

Potentially habitable planets might be rarer than we think due to the discovery of an Earth-like planet with no atmosphere.

Pillars of Creation captured by James Webb Space Telescope for the first time

For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an image of the Pillars of Creation in unprecedented detail.

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