Sun
Space
ESA’s Solar Orbiter launched successfully
Solar Orbiter will address big questions in Solar System science to help us understand how our star creates and controls the giant bubble of plasma that surrounds the whole Solar System and influences the planets within it. It is an ESA mission with strong NASA participation.
Space
Mystery solved: How hazardous space radiation begins?
The study highlights a new phase of the energization process that is critical for the formation of radiation hazards.
Space
The space-time being dragged around a rapidly-rotating exotic star
The effect is a consequence of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
Space
Telescope captured best-ever image of the Sun’s surface
Preeminent telescope to play a critical role in a better understanding of sun, space weather.
Space
Second ever neutron star collision observed
This would be only the second time this type of event has ever been observed in gravitational waves.
Space
Scientists finally calculated the mass of our milky way
Scientists used sophisticated models to calculate the mass of the Milky Way.
Space
Shedding new light on the Sun
This first data from Parker reveals our star, the Sun, in new and surprising ways.
Space
Astronomers discover the heaviest black hole in the nearby universe
Heavyweight in the heart of the Abell 85 central galaxy
Space
Cracking the 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves
Queen’s University Belfast scientist has led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun’s magnetic waves strengthen and grow as they emerge from its surface.