The results are in: Science says the Solar System's magnetic heliosphere looks like a deflated croissant
PicOr maybe a spleen? Stomach? Snot bubble? You decide
06 Aug 2020
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Astroboffins map engine of a solar flare: Magnetic mega-fields and Earth-dwarfing blankets of electric current
Holy sheet...
28 Jul 2020
'First ever' snap emerges of something vaguely resembling our solar system 300 ly away. We'll take 10 tickets
Pic and videoGassy giants make Jupiter look like an absolute tiddler
23 Jul 2020
Looking for a home off-world? Take your pick: Astroboffins estimate there are nearly 6bn Earth-likes in the Milky Way
Getting to them is, however, quite another kettle of fish
17 Jun 2020
Raw sunlight is going to cause our asteroid belt to spin itself to death by YORPing – but not for another six billion years
The cosmic ballet goes on...
11 Feb 2020
Forget the Oscars, the Solar Orbiter is off to take a close look at our nearest (and super-hot) star
Sun, science and, er, more science
10 Feb 2020
In case you wanna launch your boss into the Sun, good news: Earth's largest solar telescope just checked and, yeah, it's still pretty fiery
Most detailed close-ups of our star are in – and get a load of these plasma bubbles the size of Texas
30 Jan 2020
Geoboffins find the oldest matter on Earth: Ancient stardust created before the Solar System formed
That's way, way, way older than the dust off your oldest PC
14 Jan 2020
Astroboffins discover Sun is surfing on 9,000-light-year gas wave that acts as Milky Way's stellar nursery
The Radcliffe is totally radical
09 Jan 2020
Oracle and Google will fight in court over Java AGAIN and this time it's going to the Supremes
The case that just won't die
15 Nov 2019
Astroboffins capture video of Mercury passing across the Sun's surface
Not gonna happen again before 2032
12 Nov 2019
Hate your IT job? Sick of computers? Good news: An electronics-frying Sun superflare may hit 'in next 100 years'
Bad news: Might actually be 1,000 years. And not even that devastating
12 Jun 2019
Gaze in awe at the first ever movie of a solar eclipse from recording long thought lost forever
VideoSadly no HD video back in 1900 but restoration has worked wonders
31 May 2019
Your FREE end-of-the-world guide: What happens when a sun like ours runs out of fuel
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
15 May 2019
Oracle splats 300 vulns in MySQL, Database, Fusion, etc, pours fresh brew of Java SE terms
Multiple pre-auth remote code exec holes need pasting over, enterprise IT giant warns
16 Apr 2019
Plasma bubbles 500 times the size of earth, ultra-hot rain - let's face it, the Sun's not a place to hang out nearby
Long-dead Helios probes' data still opening up new science
06 Apr 2019
Boffins discover new dust clouds in the Solar System, Mercury has a surprisingly filthy ring
Venus also turns up a number of undiscovered orbital partners
13 Mar 2019
Oldest white dwarf star catches amateur's eye – and its dusty ring leaves boffins baffled
PicJ0207 is estimated to be a mere three-billion years old and just 145 light years away
20 Feb 2019
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