I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...
Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...
Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...
New evidence reveals the Milky Way’s black hole once erupted, genes hide mutation hot spots, and AI accelerates sodium ...
Along with bonus stargazing targets!
On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...
The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs Using High-Resolution Spectra,” is what sets it apart.
A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...
Former Harvard physics professor Dr Michael Guillen believes he has worked out the location of Heaven using observations of ...
This article looks at several fun jobs that people get paid very well to perform.