An Imperial-built instrument will study the sun’s magnetic field aboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft following its launch in early 2020. Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency...
A worm moon was spotted in the sky over Suffolk last night - and tonight promises to give us an even better view as we get...
When MIT launched the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing this fall, one of the goals was to drive further innovation in computing across all...
As part of its testing campaign to prepare for launch, ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft underwent a special set of tests in a very unique location, the...
Using data from ESA’s Gaia satellite, German astronomers have detected a new open cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. The newly found cluster, designated Gaia 8,...
As the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has produced the richest star catalogue to...
A Strathpine man who tested positive to coronavirus held a party for 25 people at his home after being told to isolate while he waited for his...
In a series of sonifications by NASA, scientists and musicians translate beautiful astronomical images into compelling soundscapes.
A new octopus study suggests the creatures experience short bursts of ‘active sleep’ not unlike humans, but without the “complex symbolic plots”.
Astronomers have long been worried about the uncomfortably close orbit of the asteroid Apophis. But now they say it won’t crash into Earth for at least...