NanoAvionics satellite pulls out GoPro to take stunning selfie over Earth Consumer-grade camera was refitted with custom housing and software to survive in the vacuum Science29 Jun 2022 | 36
NASA's Psyche mission: 2022 launch is off after software arrives late Launch window slides into 2023 or 2024 for asteroid-probing project Applications27 Jun 2022 | 4
NASA's SOFIA aircraft preps for final flights ahead of mission end With operations deadline in September, team eager to squeeze more data out of infrared observatory Science20 Jun 2022 | 12
Gas cloud around galactic nucleus reveals unified view of center It's all about perspective Science16 Feb 2022 | 8
Something 4,000 light years away emitted strange radio bursts. This is where we talk to scientists for actual info 'This experience has taught me that it's worth trying out looking at the sky in entirely new ways' Science27 Jan 2022 | 51
ESA's Solar Orbiter sneaks in bonus science by choking on the dust of a comet tail (again) Plucky probe due to make closest pass to the Sun in March Science26 Jan 2022 | 3
Move over exoplanets, exomoons are the next big thing Is that an extremely large moon we see outside the solar system, astro-boffins ask themselves Science17 Jan 2022 | 23
A moment of tension as the James Webb Space Telescope stretches sunshield on way to L2 destination Updated Engineers on Earth have five and a half months more of this Science04 Jan 2022 | 72
James Webb Telescope launch delayed again, this time by weather New launch date could be a marvelous Christmas gift to humanity Science23 Dec 2021 | 43
Gas giant 11 times the mass of Jupiter discovered in b Centauri binary system Orbit roughly 100 times wider than that of similar planets in our solar system Science09 Dec 2021 | 17
Earth's wobbly companion is probably the result of a lunar impact, reckon space boffins Reflected light points to Moon-like material on recently discovered rock Science12 Nov 2021 | 38
AI algorithms can help erase bright streaks of internet satellites – but they cannot save astronomy Feature 'We are absolutely losing some science' AI + ML06 Nov 2021 | 117
Space boffins: Exoplanet survived hydrogen-death of its host star Hope extended to gas giants across the universe... well, it is Friday Science15 Oct 2021 | 31
Astroboffins reckon they've detected four hidden exoplanets by probing distant radio waves It could help us find more exoplanets far out in the universe AI + ML12 Oct 2021 | 10
Cassini data from last decade reveals insights into 'diffuse' nature of Saturn's core Internal structure extends to 60% of gas giant's radius, study shows Science17 Aug 2021 | 10
Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party Science12 Aug 2021 | 37
Kepler spots four rogue Earth-mass exoplanets floating in space, unbound to any star Data from NASA's 'scope may be years old now though discoveries keep on coming Science07 Jul 2021 | 46
Hubble telescope in another tight spot: Between astrophysicists sparring over a 'dark matter deficient' galaxy One team says DF2 is 72m LY away, another disagrees – we speak to both sides Science29 Jun 2021 | 55
'Ring of fire' headed to northern UK – a partial solar eclipse, not the sensation you get after a potent vindaloo Russia, Greenland, northern Canada will get the Full Monty Science10 Jun 2021 | 19
Square Kilometre Array Observatory has a council now, so building super-sensitive €1.3bn telescope is next on agenda But then there's the issue of mega-constellations to contend with Science08 Feb 2021 | 8
The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet At 65 million miles away, that's what we call social distancing Science11 Jul 2020 | 28
No longer a planet and left out in the cold, Pluto, it turns out, may have had hot beginnings That subsurface ocean scientists think the dwarf has? It may have formed 'early', claims paper Science22 Jun 2020 | 16
Amateur astroboffins spot young brown dwarf playing with planet-forming hula hoop just 102 parsecs from Earth Closest example yet of substellar object Science03 Jun 2020 | 13
Pompey boffin bags €1.3m off EU for dark matter research – shame a no-deal Brexit looks more and more likely Study to decode the universe's first seconds, but crashing out of bloc may be a problem Science03 Sep 2019 | 61
And now here's Tom on Jupiter with the weather: Thanks, Karen. Still a bit breezy on the Great Red Spot, but it's easing up Updated Astro-amateurs catch raging storm in a moment of shedding Science04 Jun 2019 | 21
James Webb Space Telescope + luck = long distance astrofun Gravitational lensing may help NASA kit see some real golden oldies Science26 Apr 2018 | 12
Hello DARKNESS, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again... about a 10,000-pixel alien-hunting camera A vision softly creeping... of an exoplanet or two Science18 Apr 2018 | 29
Oh bucket! Unpack the suitcases. TRAPPIST-1 planets too wet to support life System may be full of waterworlds, boffins find Science21 Mar 2018 | 48
Fermi famously asked: 'Where is everybody?' Probably dead, says renewed Drake equation We can't see alien radio signals because they were snuffed out Science15 Mar 2018 | 252
For all we know, aliens could be as careless with space junk as us Astroboffin suggests scanning exoplanets for xenocrap in orbit Science08 Mar 2018 | 44
Deep in remote Oz, an antenna has 'heard' the oldest stars And they're way too loud ... unless dark matter is involved Science01 Mar 2018 | 14
Scientists change their minds, think water may be all over the Moon Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Or fuel a rocket. Yet... Science28 Feb 2018 | 24
Mass limit proposed so boffins can tell when they've fingered a brown dwarf or a fat planet Not a particularly left field suggestion... Science24 Jan 2018 | 24
Which distant Mars-alikes could we live on? Ask these Red Planet data-sifters MAVEN probe observations shed light on atmosphere loss Science14 Dec 2017 | 23
How is 55 Cancri e like a Sisters of Mercy gig? Astroboffins: It has atmosphere *No, mate. Just no* New model throws spanner in exoplanet debate Science20 Nov 2017 | 34
Arecibo spared the axe: Iconic observatory vital to science lives on NSF approves plan to keep Puerto Rico facility operational after hurricane trashed it Science18 Nov 2017 | 55
Rocky Ross 128 b might harbour aliens – and it's headed right for us In 71,000 years, it'll be closer than disappointing dustball Proxima Centauri b Science15 Nov 2017 | 23
Boffins: Sun's red dwarf neighbour is looking a little thick around the middle Proxima Centauri... more like Pulverea Centauri, amirite?* Science06 Nov 2017 | 22
NASA readies its asteroid warning system for harmless flyby Reminder: amateur astronomers, watch out for 2012 TC4, you might get lucky Science11 Oct 2017 | 30
15 'could it be aliens?' fast radio bursts observed in one night Who or what had 10 million trillion trillion joules to play with, 3 billion light years away? Science04 Sep 2017 | 71
Uh oh, scientists know how those diamonds got in Uranus, and they're telling everyone! Stanford researchers figure out how icy outer planets make it rain gemstones Science21 Aug 2017 | 55
NASA delivers CREAM-y load to ISS to improve cosmic ray detection Far away from where Earth's atmosphere can interfere Science15 Aug 2017 | 14
Melbourne Uni hoping to hoist tiny telescope to look at BIG explosions Dr Katie Mack explains the SkyHopper cubesat project to El Reg Science20 Jun 2017 | 1
Has riddle of the 1977 'Wow!' signal finally been cracked? Maybe... Updated ...or maybe not. Opinion is divided Science10 Jun 2017 | 77
Two hot Jupiters around two similar stars orbiting at similar distances look similar, right? WRONG Cruel mistress science throws astroboffins a curveball Science06 Jun 2017 | 15
Scientists are counting atoms to figure out when Mars last had volcanoes Astroboffin-in-training makes dating breakthrough Science26 May 2017 | 18
'Tabby's Star' intrigues astro-boffins with brief 'dimming event' Is it comets? Or aliens? Astronomers want your help to figure out this cosmic riddle Science23 May 2017 | 33
Feel guilty for scoffing Easter chocolate? Good news: Scientists have made NEGATIVE mass Vanish that flab using lasers to warp laws of physics Science18 Apr 2017 | 29
How hard will it be to measure Planet Nine? First, find it, which is hard. Second, see if it occludes stars, which is really, really hard Science31 Mar 2017 | 26
Baby supernova spotted, just three hours old and a real cutie If 'cute' means 'explosively re-writes plenty of our theories about how stars behave' Science16 Feb 2017 | 18
Feel like a spot of planet-hunting? Here's 1,600 suns worth of data Decades of exoplanet observations are yours for the downloading Science14 Feb 2017 | 5
You know what, maybe Tabby's star ate a planet, ponder space eggheads So much for the 'alien megastructure' theories Science13 Jan 2017 | 25
You know how cop cars pile into each other in old comedy movies? That's how the Moon was built, say boffins Moonlets glommed together Science10 Jan 2017 | 23
Asteroid nearly gave Earth a new feature, two days after its discovery First flyby for 2017 Science10 Jan 2017 | 64
Puny galaxy packs a big punch: A gazillion joules' worth of radio bursts Boffins get best fix so far on mysterious 'FRB' location Science05 Jan 2017 | 31
NASA eyes up supermassive black holes, neutron stars Hidden wonders of the universe Science04 Jan 2017 | 11
Major maser microwaves Hubble Space 'scope spots staggering galactic resonator Science03 Jan 2017 | 17
Boffins find Galaxy making killer radiation, rule out Samsung phone as source Fast gamma rays and fast radio bursts tracked to same source Science14 Nov 2016 | 15
SETI scan saves 'scope used for first Moon landing comms 'The Dish' in Australia's Parkes gets much-needed cash injection from alien-hunters Science08 Nov 2016 | 2
Gravitational lensing event could provide ideal conditions for planet hunting Astronomers will have to wait until 2028, according to predictions Science24 Oct 2016 | 21
Stripped of its galaxy, this black hole is wandering naked in the cosmos Chandra spies orphan X-ray source Science06 Oct 2016 | 34