11 August 2016
Perseids Outburst Promises Spectacular Show on August 11th
Wishing upon a star will be a bit easier on the night on August 11 th, as...promises to be a spectacular fireworks show. Meteor watchers will also get to experience a bit of time-travel as they observe tonight's shower. According to Cooke, “The meteors...
14 December 2017
AI detects eighth planet orbiting distant sun
... found to harbour eight planets orbiting its host star. Kepler 90 is G0 type star, meaning it is a little bit hotter and a little bit more massive than our Sun and is located 2, 545 light years away. The newly discovered...
08 March 2019
Astronomers weigh the galaxy with Hubble and Gaia
...is neither big nor small; it is intermediate if not a bit chunkier compared to our galactic neighbours. With the help of Gaia... When you can’t measure accurately what you can’t see, a bit like those jelly beans, then you turn to alternative methods to ...
29 January 2020
Material older than the Sun found unexpectedly where it shouldn't be
...refractory inclusions and was not completely destroyed in Curious Marie can help us to understand this environment a little bit better, says Pravdivtseva. This puzzling mix of chemicals – SiC in fine-grained CAIs – suggests that a population of small...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
..., there are other methods that could help would-be off-world settlers colonise smaller areas of Mars bit by bit. One such option currently under investigation is the Biohybrid. For the past eight years, chemists at the...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
...which is autonomous from beginning to end, Perseverance uses a hollow coring bit and a percussive drill at the end of its 2-metre-long (7-... that during its first coring attempt, the drill and bit were engaged as planned. Even during post-coring, the...
