Spacebound bacteria provide a key to microbial virulence
Salmonella has made a trip on a space shuttle to help researchers understand diseases on Earth.
Up close and personal with Saturn and its moons
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has taken pictures of Tethys and Dione. Both moons were discovered in 1684 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. 327 years later, we know that both moons have icy surfaces composed almost…
Elephants’ trunks in outer space
Several elephant trunks have been spotted lining up along the edges of a cosmic hole.
Giant galaxy formation is similar to the birth of a snowflake
From little things very big things will grow.
New view of star development in the North American Nebula
Babies, toddlers and young adult stars can now be seen in a new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Red dwarf stars are prone to powerful eruptions
Small stars can make life very unpleasant for their orbiting planets.
Glowing space gas contains new stars
An ongoing probe of the mysterious Hanny’s Voorwerp has revealed a star nursery and a galaxy’s rough life.
Runaway star’s origin discovered
A blue star hurtling through the outer reaches of our galaxy originated in the centre of the Milky Way 100 million years ago.
New planet discovered in supersized galaxy
Would you like to supersize that solar system? A fourth giant planet has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, in a distant planetary system that resembles a giant version of our…
