Telescopes and space missions Research update Are quasars star-making machines? Supermassive black holes might help, and hinder, the star-making process Read article: Are quasars star-making machines?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Binary systems share stardust Rare glimpse of planet formation in binary star system Read article: Binary systems share stardust
Telescopes and space missions News UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory Funding is 'almost certain' to stop after 2012 Read article: UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory
Telescopes and space missions Research update Carbon swaddles baby neutron star Nascent surface too hot for hydrogen Read article: Carbon swaddles baby neutron star
Telescopes and space missions Feature Recipes for planet formation Michael R Meyer describes how studies of extrasolar planets are helping us to understand how planetary systems form and evolve Read article: Recipes for planet formation
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Human spaceflight: science or spectacle? The big debate: David Clements and Ian Crawford spar over whether human spaceflight is worth the effort Read article: Human spaceflight: science or spectacle?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole Lab-based experiment could further our understanding of black holes and neutron stars Read article: Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole
Telescopes and space missions Research update Chemical signature could help locate Earth-like planets Planet formation could have affected Sun's composition Read article: Chemical signature could help locate Earth-like planets
Telescopes and space missions Research update IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists Read article: IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system
Telescopes and space missions Research update Water-seeking rocket smashes into the Moon NASA's LCROSS mission will return data 'within hours' Read article: Water-seeking rocket smashes into the Moon