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United Kingdom

Astronomers say they've found a new Neptune-like planet

"This planet is very, very close to its star. In fact, it orbits its star every 1.3 days. So, a year on this planet is only 1.3 days, " said Daniel Bayliss, from the University of Warwick, who worked on the study.

30/05/2019

Canada

Scientists discover mysterious repeating radio signal from deep space

A group of Canadian scientists have discovered a repeating radio signal, the second of its kind ever found, emitted from an unknown location in deep space

10/01/2019

World News

Comet flyby to be visible with naked eye

Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be visible from dark-sky locations tonight as it safely buzzes Earth at a distance of only 11.7 million kilometers.

16/12/2018

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American and Canadian astronauts and Russian cosmonaut launch to the International Space Station

Three spaceflyers launched on Monday (December 3) to the International Space Station (ISS) abort a Russian Soyuz rocket.

03/12/2018

Chile

Astronomers in Chile detect largest galaxy cluster ever registered

It's a starry, starry night for Chilean astronomers after "Hyperion" was detected, using the Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph in the Atacama desert.

18/10/2018

World

Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System

Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth.

04/10/2018

World News

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

27/07/2018

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'Boom, we have an answer!' - Gaia's revolution in astronomy

Astronomy is undergoing a revolution with the release of precision data on 1.7 billion stars in our galaxy from the Gaia space telescope. We head to the historic Observatory of Paris and ESA's ESTEC base in the Netherlands to find out more.

17/05/2018

World News

Rare supermoon delights stargazers on New Year's day

The impressive supermoon lit up the sky during the first night of 2018.

02/01/2018

World News

Scientists strike gold with gravitational waves

For the first time scientists have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, with light from the same cosmic event.

17/10/2017

World News

Astronomers strike gold with gravitational waves

LIGO and Virgo detectors used to spot cataclysmic event scattering gold and platinum into space

16/10/2017

USA

Asteroid offers chance to test Earth's alert system

Nasa is coordinating global effort to improve tracking of space objects.

11/10/2017

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Cassini on its final dive towards Saturn

12/09/2017

World News

Asteroid Florence to skim the Earth tomorrow

A space rock named "3122 Florence" is set to pass close to the Earth just after midday tomorrow.

31/08/2017

USA

Is this the best solar eclipse photo bomb?

A photographer has captured the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted against the sun.

22/08/2017

USA

Eight things we learned from the total solar eclipse

Goats, marriage proposals and a boost for Bonnie Tyler.

22/08/2017

USA

Total solar eclipse is a "cosmos spectacular"

Donald Trump joins millions of Americans to watch one of the cosmos' most rare events - a total solar eclipse

22/08/2017

USA

A story to eclipse all others - the first time in 99 years the US goes dark from coast to coast

Millions of people across 14 states stood and waited for a rare and rather spectacular total solar eclipse

21/08/2017

USA

US gears up for total eclipse

The small town of Carbondale, Illinois, is gearing up to become eclipse central, one day before the total eclipse that will cross the continental United States.

21/08/2017

Italy

Europe’s oldest astronaut set for third trip to space

26/07/2017