Voyager 1 enters unknown territory
At the edge Reports that NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 space probe had finally left the solar system turn out to be a bit premature, say scientists.
Super-Earths discovered in stellar cluster
Squeezed in Two super-Earths have for the first time, been found in the hostile environment of an open star cluster.
The discovery reported i
Raw gas found in faraway galaxy
It's a gas Astronomers have discovered massive reserves of cold gas used to build some of the first stars and galaxies, in one of the most distant pa
Flare fallout creates bright spots on Sun
Solar spectacular The rare appearance of bright spots on the Sun's surface is caused by material raining down from solar flares, reveal close-up imag
Rocks reveal red planet's oxygen past
Martian mantle New research comparing Mars meteorites and Martian surface rocks suggests the red planet had more oxygen than Earth four billion years
Stellar explosion redefines cosmic measure
Super candle The spectacular death of a star has given astronomers a rare opportunity to recalibrate cosmic distance scales across the universe.
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