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Dark-matter decay could have given ancient supermassive black holes a boost
Calculations suggest photons may have warmed gas clouds
What happens when a warp drive collapses?
It emits gravitational waves, say physicists
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NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector
The mission will now be disassembled with components used for future Moon missions
David Charbonneau and Sara Seager bag the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Charbonneau and Seager share $1m prize for their work characterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets
European Space Agency releases first batch of spectacular science images from its Euclid mission
The five images reveal galaxies, globular clusters and nebulae in incredible detail
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Icy exoplanet found to be potentially habitable
Researchers discover that a temperate exoplanet may have an atmosphere, could be covered in ice, and may even have an ocean of liquid water
Sun-like stars seen orbiting hidden neutron stars
Astronomers are puzzled how wide orbits survived supernovae
Primordial black holes contain very little dark matter, say astronomers
Theories of the early universe may have to be revised following new analyses of data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
Speedy stars point to intermediate-mass black hole in globular cluster
Hubble observation is best evidence yet for an elusive class of black holes
Scientists create space plasmas at CERN
Producing fast-moving "fireballs" in the lab could shed light on processes in extreme astrophysical emissions
Quantum-entangled photons are super-sensitive to Earth’s rotation
Sagnac interferometer experiment prepares the ground for testing the effects of gravity on quantum states
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Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The image captures the progression of Baily’s beads, which are only visible when the Moon either enters or exits an eclipse
BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape
The spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury’s south pole for the first time during a recent flyby
Shrinivas Kulkarni: curiosity and new technologies inspire Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner
"No shortage of phenomena to explore," says expert on variable and transient objects
LUX-ZEPLIN ‘digs deeper’ for dark-matter WIMPs
Announcement makes us pine for the Black Hills
The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977?
This podcast features an astrobiologist who has identified similar radio signals
Atomic clocks on the Moon could create ‘lunar positioning system’
Lunar time standard would avoid pitfalls of time dilation
Vera C Rubin Observatory’s secondary mirror successfully installed
The Vera C Rubin Observatory will conduct a decade-long survey of the southern hemisphere sky when operational in 2025
Claudia de Rham: a life in gravity
Claudia de Rham on her new book The Beauty of Falling and her career in theoretical physics
How gravity falls down on falling down
Kate Gardner reviews The Beauty of Falling: a Life in Pursuit of Gravity by Claudia de Rham
An evening of landscape astrophotography
Colin White recounts a trip that took him from a Somerset hilltop to the heart of the Milky Way
Spacesuit backpack allows astronauts to drink their own urine
Researchers at Cornell University have created a prototype urine collection and filtration system
Liquid–metal interfaces show large thermoelectric effect
Discovery could help us better understand Jupiter’s magnetic field as well as improve liquid–metal batteries
LEGO creates ‘space bricks’ made from meteorite dust
LEGO has teamed up with the European Space Agency to create the bricks using material from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite
Satellites burning up in the atmosphere may deplete Earth’s ozone layer
Pollution from decommissioned satellites re-entering the atmosphere poses a risk to the Earth’s protective ozone layer
Shrinivas Kulkarni: 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner talks about his fascination with variable and transient objects
This podcast is sponsored by The Shaw Prize Foundation
Classical models of gravitational field show flaws close to the Earth
New gravitational field model quantifies the "divergence problem" identified in 2022
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: meet the 2024 laureates David Charbonneau and Sara Seager
This podcast is sponsored by The Kavli Prize
Sun’s magnetic field may have a surprisingly shallow origin
New mathematical model reveals the workings of the stellar dynamo, with important implications for predicting solar storms
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