Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine … Read More
Is the solar system stable? In relative human and historical terms, it is pretty stable, but small gravitational influences can cause dramatic effects due to the chaotic and complex nature of the forces involved. Now, two researchers have set out … Read More
Astronomers estimate that our galaxy has about one exoplanet for every star. Of course, some stars have many planets, such as our Sun, which has eight. And some stars have none. However, if a star lives long enough, planet formation … Read More
In a galaxy far, far away lies an exoplanet circling a binary system that contains a neutron star or black hole. Astronomers believe they have discovered the first extragalactic exoplanet beyond our own galaxy. The binary system M51-ULS-1, located 28 … Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already pushed humanity’s vision deeper into time and space than ever before, providing a breathtaking preview of the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the early Universe to date. Now, NASA has just … Read More
President Joe Biden will reveal the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope today, and it will be the deepest and highest resolution image of the universe ever captured. You can watch Biden’s unveiling of the JWST’s First … Read More