21 February 2018
Oldest known superluminous supernova discovered
... to learn more about the nature of dark energy while probing even more deeply into the expansion history of the Universe. Study co-author Bob Nichol, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth, commented: "Such supernovae were...
14 December 2018
VSS Unity reaches edge of space in landmark test flight
Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship has made history with her maiden spaceflight as it successfully reached the edge of space yesterday to return without a hitch back in the ...
07 August 2019
Crater evidence points to a past mega-tsunami on Mars
... such a scenario, scientists still can’t agree on whether a martian northern ocean existed or not in the planet’s early history. Hoping to provide more conclusive evidence Costard and colleagues plan to examine the crater further using images...
09 September 2019
Ancient light helps to unravel cosmic "dark age"
... in signing the end of the cosmic dark ages, the EoR is one of the least understood epochs in the history of the Universe because the first stars also significantly altered the chemical makeup of the cosmos. Peering...
18 November 2019
First global geological map of Titan unveiled
... to tens of kilometres in length and up to a couple of kilometres high, that may have formed by contractional tectonism early in Titan’s history. Also doted about are smaller but equally lumpy hummocky regions. The largest hummocky outcrop is in the...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
30th May, 2020 will go down in spaceflight history as the day two US astronauts lifted off from US soil on a SpaceX private rocket destined for the International ...
