Telescopes and space missions Research update COBE team wins cosmology prize Astrophysicists honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background Read article: COBE team wins cosmology prize
Telescopes and space missions Research update Galaxy survey fails to add up Californian astronomers are bewildered by strange anomaly in number of galaxies
Telescopes and space missions Research update Where did all the lithium go? Riddle over the universe's missing lithium could be solved Read article: Where did all the lithium go?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Giant “starshade” could reveal new exoplanets Blocking the light from a parent star with a plastic shield could let astronomers directly observe orbiting planets Read article: Giant “starshade” could reveal new exoplanets
Telescopes and space missions Research update New names for Pluto’s moons Two small satellites have officially been christened Hydra and Nix Read article: New names for Pluto’s moons
Telescopes and space missions Research update Chandra solves black hole mystery Measurements reveal that black holes suck in matter magnetically as well as gravitationally Read article: Chandra solves black hole mystery
Telescopes and space missions Research update Amateur astronomers prove their mettle A new extra-solar planet has been discovered with the help of a group of amateurs. Read article: Amateur astronomers prove their mettle
Telescopes and space missions Research update How Triton met Neptune New model suggests Neptune's largest moon was originally part of a binary system Read article: How Triton met Neptune
Telescopes and space missions Research update Titan in pictures New movies show Huygens' dramatic descent onto Titan Read article: Titan in pictures
Telescopes and space missions Research update Cyclic universe could explain cosmological constant Theoretical model of the universe could explain why the acceleration of the universe is expanding Read article: Cyclic universe could explain cosmological constant