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Axion clouds around neutron stars could reveal dark matter origins
Interactions between these as-yet hypothetical particles and neutron stars' strong magnetic field would produce photons that radio telescopes can detect
Mysterious brown dwarf is two objects, not one
Binary nature of Gliese 229 B explains its lacklustre brightness
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European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Hera will perform a close-up examination of a 2022 impact on Dimorphos by NASA's DART mission
NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector
The mission will now be disassembled with components used for future Moon missions
David Charbonneau and Sara Seager bag the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Charbonneau and Seager share $1m prize for their work characterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets
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Research headlines
‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth
Lab-based experiment shows how centimetre-sized objects are accelerated
Heart-on-a-chip reveals impact of spaceflight on cardiac health
A heart-on-a-chip platform sent to the International Space Station reveals how 30 days in space alters heart muscle cells
Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere
Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
Dark-matter decay could have given ancient supermassive black holes a boost
Calculations suggest photons may have warmed gas clouds
What happens when a warp drive collapses?
It emits gravitational waves, say physicists
To make Mars warmer, just add nanorods
Releasing engineered nanoparticles into the Martian atmosphere could warm the planet by over 30 K
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First look at prototype telescope for the LISA gravitational-wave mission
The telescopes will be used to send and receive infrared laser beams between the three satellites in space
Around the world in 16 orbits: a day in the life of the International Space Station
Kate Gardner reviews the novel Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Roger Penrose: the Nobel laureate with a preference for transparencies over slideshows
Tushna Commissariat recounts a fascinating chat with Roger Penrose
Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The image captures the progression of Baily’s beads, which are only visible when the Moon either enters or exits an eclipse
BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape
The spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury’s south pole for the first time during a recent flyby
Shrinivas Kulkarni: curiosity and new technologies inspire Shaw Prize in Astronomy winner
"No shortage of phenomena to explore," says expert on variable and transient objects
LUX-ZEPLIN ‘digs deeper’ for dark-matter WIMPs
Announcement makes us pine for the Black Hills
The Wow! signal: did a telescope in Ohio receive an extraterrestrial communication in 1977?
This podcast features an astrobiologist who has identified similar radio signals
Half-life measurement of samarium-146 could help reveal secrets of the early solar system
Isotope is extracted from an accelerator target
Atomic clocks on the Moon could create ‘lunar positioning system’
Lunar time standard would avoid pitfalls of time dilation
Liquid water could abound in Martian crust, seismic study suggests
Reservoir could harbour microbial life
Vera C Rubin Observatory’s secondary mirror successfully installed
The Vera C Rubin Observatory will conduct a decade-long survey of the southern hemisphere sky when operational in 2025
Icy exoplanet found to be potentially habitable
Researchers discover that a temperate exoplanet may have an atmosphere, could be covered in ice, and may even have an ocean of liquid water
Sun-like stars seen orbiting hidden neutron stars
Astronomers are puzzled how wide orbits survived supernovae
Primordial black holes contain very little dark matter, say astronomers
Theories of the early universe may have to be revised following new analyses of data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
Speedy stars point to intermediate-mass black hole in globular cluster
Hubble observation is best evidence yet for an elusive class of black holes
Claudia de Rham: a life in gravity
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