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 ...
02 April 2025
Bold ideas and big questions in our Spring 2025 issue
... edition of ROOM Space Journal of Asgardia – the world’s leading publication on space affairs – is out now, offering fresh insight into the rapidly evolving space landscape. Now in its second decade, ROOM continues to grow in reach and...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
..., transmitting data through the Deep Space Network (DSN) of InSight’s critical Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) phase. The ... power near Mars. Beyond acting as telecoms relays for Mars InSight, the MarCO CubeSats will be parked in a heliocentric orbit ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...of Mars and relay UHF telemetry received from the InSight lander directly back to Earth using an X-band ...is still plenty to discover. In 2018, NASA plans to launch the InSight spacecraft, led by Bruce Banerdt at JPL, to probe the interior of...
