03 February 2020
Researchers discover "invisible" stars too dim to be seen
...thanks to a dedicated ground-based follow-up of tens of observers, including amateurs and school pupils that allowed an international research team led by Lukasz Wyrzykowski at the University of Poland, to work out what was going on. It turns out the...
20 April 2020
New research shows interstellar visitor 21/Borisov is not your average comet
... coma abundances represent the bulk composition of volatiles in 2I/ Borisov’s nucleus write Cordiner and colleagues in their research paper, “the detection of HCN and CO emission from the first confirmed, active interstellar comet represents a major...
30 November 2020
Researchers discover solid phosphorus in comet 67P
... the early Earth atmosphere, say the authors in their research paper, who also discovered fluorine in the solid dust ...cometary sample-return missions would be beneficial in helping researchers confirm the presence of all compounds and how soluble...
17 June 2024
EU funds research into inflatable heatshield technology
..., Simone Centuori, said: “This is one of the most innovative projects of the decade encompassing a group of first-rate research organisations and companies. “ICARUS is a key technological enabler for Europe, which will revolutionise European re-entry...
