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Gaia’s black holes
Space

A new family of black holes discovered

Amit Malewar

The new family already has two members, and both are closer to Earth.

Cloud patterns on Mars and Earth
Space

Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns

Amit Malewar

A new study dives deeper into two dust storms.

The force that protects our planet
Space

The scary sound of Earth’s magnetic field

Pranjal Malewar

It might sound like the stuff of nightmares.

Mars global map
Space

The future expedition will greatly benefit from the new Mars water map

Amit Malewar

A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet’s watery past.

Image showing space radiation
Space

CERN successfully launched its first satellite for radiation monitoring in space

Amit Malewar

With this launch, CERN shows its expertise in the field of radiation effects on electronics.

Image showing asteroid
Space

The faintest asteroid ever observed

Amit Malewar

Impact in 2052 ruled out.

Solar Orbiter at perihelion
Space

Solar Orbiter shows the Sun like never seen before

Amit Malewar

The ESA-led mission is providing the most extraordinary insights into the Sun’s magnetic behavior.

IRAS 00500+67
Space

Astronomers captured a new type of star that has never been seen before in X-ray light

Amit Malewar

Cosmic neon lights.

Solar Orbiter spots ‘campfires’ on the sun
Space

Solar orbiter gives new insights into solar ‘campfires’

Amit Malewar

Solar Orbiter: Turning pictures into physics.

WASP-189b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 133112, one of the hottest stars known to have a planetary system
Space

Exoplanet WASP-189b is one of the most extreme planets in the universe

Amit Malewar

CHEOPS keeps its promise.

On the left side of this before and after image is a pile of simulated lunar soil, or regolith; on the right is the same pile after essentially all the oxygen has been extracted from it, leaving a mixture of metal alloys. Both the oxygen and metal could be used in future by settlers on the Moon.
Space

Scientists are making oxygen from moon dust

Amit Malewar

ESA’s technical heart has begun to produce oxygen out of simulated moondust.

Recent Stories

Scientists explore new dimension for light

Space

Fabricating metamaterial that is both strong and stretchy

Invention

A periodic table of machine learning

AI & Machine Learning

Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, research shows

Health

Chronic back pain? New drugs show promising effects

Health