09 July 2015
Discovery of a five-star solar system in Ursa Major highlights mystery of proto-stellar disk fragmentation
..., one of the co-authors of a report on the unusual system at the UK National Astronomy Meeting, was of course referencing the iconic binary sunset scene from Star Wars: According to a statement made by Dr. Lohr, any potential planets within the...
26 May 2017
First results from Juno mission
... recognisable feature of this enigmatic planet. "On our next flyby…we will fly directly over one of the most iconic features in the entire solar system – one that every school kid knows – Jupiter's Great Red Spot...
14 July 2017
Juno gets in close to The Great Red Spot
... investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "Now we have the best pictures ever of this iconic storm. It will take us some time to analyse all the data from not only JunoCam, but Juno...
29 November 2017
Deepest spectroscopic survey completed of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
... constellation of Fornax (The Furnace) – is one of the most extensively studied areas of space. The original and now iconic HUDF images were at the time (over 13 years ago) pioneering deep-field observations taken with the...
13 December 2017
Bright spots suggest Ceres is surprisingly active
... includes the most prominent bright areas found on the crater floors on Ceres and one of the most iconic examples is in Occator Crater. In the centre of the crater, is a region known as Cerealia Facula, which consists of bright material...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
A large radio-communication site located in Cornwall, UK that was once used to beam iconic images to TV viewers of events such as the Apollo 11 Moon landing, will help create the world’s first commercial ...
