An international team of astronomers have discovered the existence of an Earth-like planet orbiting the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri.
As published...
Researchers have discovered that a previously unidentified ‘bright burst’ is in fact a fast blue optical transient located in a tiny galaxy 500 million...
The European Union has funded a new design study of the world's largest sub-millimetre astronomical telescope.
The study, named Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter...
J. Gouw outlines the idea for Solar One – a concept for manned interstellar travel proposed by astronomer Alberto Caballero.
In 2015, the Planetary Society,...
Using infrared interferometry, astronomers have successfully captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks.
Discovered by an international team of researchers, these planet-forming...
Astronomers from Cornell University have improved a mathematical model to accurately predict the temperatures of exoplanets from solar systems hundreds of light-years away.
The newly...
The Innovation Platform met with the Director General of the European Commission’s DG CONNECT in Brussels to discuss innovation in the space sector.
The 12th...
The Innovation Platform speaks to ESA Director of Operations Rolf Densing about deorbiting space debris to avoid overcrowding in space.
In almost 60 years of...
Based on satellite galaxy simulations, scientist have made a stronger connection between the size of galaxies and the dark matter halos that surround them.
Large...
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, Mexico, detected gamma rays coming from distant galactic sources.
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov has detected gamma rays...
Dr Anne Decourchelle of CEA Saclay outlines the intriguing science results from the CEA's astrophysics department based on multiwavelength observations.
When it comes to the...
A team of researchers, based in Japan, have successfully mapped three nearby interstellar gas clouds, improving our understanding of how stars form.
Researchers have successfully...
First observations of the eROSITA X-ray telescope promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic Universe.
AT 14:17 on 21 June 2019, the Russian-German...