02 December 2015
Displaced dusty planet booted out of its birthplace
... occurred in the early epochs of our own solar system. The extra-solar system that is home to HD 106906b, an isolated giant weighing in at a hefty 11 times the mass of Jupiter, caught the eye of researchers as surrounding its young host...
19 January 2016
Giant double-planet system around an evolved star detected by astronomers
..., if not the majority of planets detected around stars are likely to be part of a multi-planet system rather than isolated, single planetary companions, as is often found. The different techniques for detecting extrasolar planets shows that planetary...
24 February 2016
Final interview for Scott Kelly tomorrow before his return to Earth
... research investigations to see how the human body changes during a year in space and how it adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation and the stress of long-duration spaceflight. Two ways in which test the effects of long spaceflights...
22 November 2017
JWST completes crucial cryogenic test
..., including a simulator to mimic the temperature of the Sun. Harris also built the structure that held and isolated the telescope during vibration and acoustic testing. Now that the environmental, thermal and optical tests...
