November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... helped redefine the frontiers of astrobiology. In this exclusive interview for ROOM by Steve Kelly she shares her insights on the latest discoveries, future technologies, and what it might mean to finally answer the question: are we alone...
15 February 2016
Astronomers provide new insights into planet formation around binary stars
..., detailed look at images taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers provide fresh insights into how planets might evolve within a binary star system. Presenting their results at the recent AAAS...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
...," added Elsayed Talaat, heliophysics chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We anticipate GOLD will give us new, similar insight into the dynamics of the upper atmosphere and our planet's space environment."
21 February 2018
Oldest known superluminous supernova discovered
... of Southampton. ”As well as being a very exciting discovery in its own right, the extreme distance of DES16C2nm gives us a unique insight into the nature of SLSN.” Clues as to the temperature of the explosion and the amount of metal produced when...
09 March 2018
Juno gives insight into Jupiter's epic winds
The banded stripes circling Jupiter have fascinated people as much as the Great Red Spot, ever since Galileo first spotted the gas giant. Now, thanks to data collected by the Juno mission, scientists have been able to take a ‘peek’ beneath the ...
02 October 2018
New technique could provide fresh insights into how the Moon was formed
By ‘unlocking’ information in volcanic Moon rocks with a state-of-the art 3D mapping technique, an international team of scientists might soon be able to determine how the Moon was formed. It has been nearly 50 years since the crew of the Apollo 12 ...
