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Astronomical images not only look beautiful, they also provide a wealth of information. What's behind it and what distinguishes four prominent telescopes? An overview.

The first images from the observatory will be published on 23 June 2025 at 17:00 CEST.

A unique system of satellite-tracking cameras designed, built and operated by a Canadian team has produced the first full year of satellite tracking data over Canada.

The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our Sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the Sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to the most extreme objects in the universe-neutron stars and black holes.

Astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and Europe, have discovered the smallest known star to host a transiting giant planet, which should not exist under leading planet formation theories.

Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings occurs between two orbiting black holes, formed after their massive progenitor stars exploded in supernova blasts.

The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study from researchers at UCL, drug discovery company LinkGevity and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct structure. Jupiter's gravity, often called the "architect" of our solar system, played a critical role in shaping the orbital paths of other planets and sculpting the disk of gas and dust from which they formed.

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will fly past Earth. Researchers at the University of Würzburg are now developing a concept for two small satellites that will rendezvous with Apophis in space and collect photographs of it.

A small piece of outer space recreated in a basement in Glasgow could help ensure that a key enabling technology for future space missions won't lead to deadly 'rifle bullets' of space junk circling the Earth.

The planned space missions to search for remote life will provide valuable insights even if they do not find any evidence of life, says astrophysicist Daniel Angerhausen.

Five research projects by researchers from Radboud University have received a grant in the new round of the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme.

Writing in The Conversation, PhD Candidate Jasleen Chana (UCL Science and Technology Studies) explains why it is important to move away from narratives that inform us that science, spaceflight and success are only synonymous with fame and exceptionalism.

They say music is the universal language of humankind, but some stars in our galaxy exhibit their own rhythm, offering fresh clues into how they and our home galaxy, the Milky Way, evolved over time. According to an international team of researchers, including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and UNSW Sydney, some stars exhibit fluctuations in their brightness over time, which are caused by continuous 'starquakes'.

A major new grant will help to establish the University of Glasgow as one of the UK's leaders in atom-by-atom of analysis of materials which could support human habitations on the Moon and beyond.

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft has been powered down, after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.

A team of astronomers has stumbled upon a humungous spiral galaxy, about five times more massive than our Milky Way galaxy and covering an area two times as big, making it among the largest known galaxies.

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have developed a headset that astronauts can use to train for various missions.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which involves UCL researchers, has released its most detailed analysis yet of dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe's accelerating expansion.

The European Space Agency ESA today published new data from its Euclid space telescope.

Science The first batch of survey data released by the Euclid mission gives us a glimpse into hundreds of thousands of galaxies reaching back 10.5 billion light years - and it's only the beginn

In the wake of the Eaton fire, Caltech researchers working with community members, business owners, and schools in Altadena and Pasadena have quickly deployed a network of particulate air quality sensors on rooftops in and around the burned areas of Altadena.

Low-orbit satellites may soon be able to dodge space debris, thanks to a collaboration between scientists from the University of Calgary and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

New model created to simulate interstellar activity in our solar system and next closest, Alpha Centauri Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and how it got here.

TU Delft is expanding its space research capabilities with the launch of four new and upgraded Space Engineering laboratories.