Telescopes and space missions Research update Voyager 2 reports from the edge of the solar system NASA mission confirms that the solar system is “squashed” by interstellar space Read article: Voyager 2 reports from the edge of the solar system
Telescopes and space missions Research update 33 years later, NASA finds Mercury to be even more active Messenger's first flyby answers some questions raised by Mariner 10 Read article: 33 years later, NASA finds Mercury to be even more active
Telescopes and space missions Research update Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings Gravitational lensing measurement suggets that cosmic strings make up no more than 2% of mass of universe Read article: Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Blog life: Chris Lintott’s Universe Chris Lintott on life co-presenting TV's The Sky at Night Read article: Blog life: Chris Lintott’s Universe
Telescopes and space missions Research update Gamma-rays put limit on universe’s background light Radiation from distant quasar travels relatively unhindered to Earth
Telescopes and space missions Research update GLAST blasts off in search of gamma rays Space telescope could soon shed light on some of the most violent astrophysical processes in the universe Read article: GLAST blasts off in search of gamma rays
Telescopes and space missions Research update Fastest supercomputer overtaken by Roadrunner US machine will be used initially to model cosmology, astrophysics and the climate
Telescopes and space missions Research update Phoenix reveals Martian permafrost NASA spacecraft touches down on the red planet after nine-month journey Read article: Phoenix reveals Martian permafrost
Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravity Probe B comes last in NASA review Panel recommendation is to cut funding of mission by September
Telescopes and space missions Research update Looking for ET’s neutrino beam Might extraterrestrials be communicating via neutrinos? Read article: Looking for ET’s neutrino beam
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