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IceCube detects high-energy neutrinos from within the Milky Way
Observing the Milky Way galaxy in particles rather than light opens up a new avenue of multimessenger astronomy
The prospect of people living on Mars is slowly shifting from science fiction into science fact
The long road to Mars
Stephen Ornes explores the technological and physiological challenges facing scientists as they endeavour to get humans to the red planet by the 2030s
Rocket for rocketeers
What does it take to grow plants in space? Jon Cartwright gets his green fingers out
Wind energy could power human habitations on Mars
Surprising study could lead to re-appraisal of potential landing sites
My life on Mars
Ashley Dale recounts his experiences during a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a facility in the Utah desert
Aerogel insulation could provide habitable regions on Mars
New proposal is radically different to previous ideas to make the Red Planet habitable
From barren sands to extreme architecture: building the first Martian metropolis
Ian Randall reviews The First City on Mars: an Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet by Justin Hollander
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European Space Agency launches Euclid dark-energy mission
Craft will spend some six years creating the most accurate map yet of the large-scale structure of the universe
Astronomers downsize proposed Arecibo observatory replacement
The Next Generation Arecibo Telescope would involve replacing the 305 m collapsed telescope with an array of small parabolic antennas
Environmental groups sue US aviation watchdog following the failed launch of SpaceX’s Starship craft
The launch on 20 April caused significant damage to the launchpad and the surrounding area
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Symmetry breaking in ‘galactic tetrahedrons’ linked to parity violation
Large-scale structures could be influenced by new physics
Gravitational lensing of supernova yields new value for Hubble constant
New measurement adds to the mystery of the universe’s expansion
Membrane mirrors take off for use in large space telescopes
High-quality, flexible mirrors could be rolled up for transport on a spacecraft
‘Goldilocks zone’ may not be a good metric for whether life exists on exoplanets, say astrobiologists
New study suggests that the presence of liquid water as well as sufficient light is essential for plant life on other planets
First stars in the universe formed in groups, machine-learning study reveals
Study focussed on elements inherited from supernovae
JWST spectrometer refines redshifts of distant galaxies
One galaxy is much closer than previously thought
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Building blocks of DNA could survive in Venus’ corrosive clouds, say astronomers
All five nucleic acids remain stable in concentrated sulphuric acid, and could form the basis for an alternative way of encoding life
X-ray detectors in space: the challenges and rewards of observing the ‘hot and energetic universe’
This podcast features an instrument scientist working on ESA’s Athena mission
Portable imaging system targets eye diseases, pondering the mysteries of dark matter
Meet the new president of the Australian Institute of Physics and the CEO of a medical start-up
Private Japanese lunar craft Hakuto-R crashes on landing
ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 aimed to be the first craft from a private firm to land on the Moon
Emirates Mars Mission takes first high-resolution images of Mars’ moon Deimos
The images were released yesterday at the week-long European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna
India gives green light to gravitational-wave observatory
When built by 2030, LIGO-India will allow gravitational-wave sources to be better pinpointed and monitored
Journey to the stars: the personal stories of women in astronomy
Karel Green reviews The Sky Is For Everyone: Women Astronomers In Their Own Words edited by Virginia Trimble and David A Weintraub
Luminous protostar sheds light on the origins of Earth’s water
Study of protoplanetary disc suggests that much of Earth’s water has interstellar origins
Astronomers braced for a revolution in fast radio burst localizations
Upgrades to several radio telescopes around the world are set to transform the detection of fast radio bursts
European Space Agency launches JUICE mission to Jupiter and its moons
Craft will test the conditions that may have led to the emergence of habitable environments
Ask me anything: Clare Burrage – ‘We look for connections between different areas of physics, but it is impossible for anyone to be an expert across it all’
Clare Burrage is a cosmologist at the University of Nottingham, and winner of the 2023 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in the UK in Physical Sciences and Engi...
Gravitational waves could reveal hidden histories of black holes
Signatures from infalling objects would help resolve Hawking-radiation information paradox
Quantum memories in space: experiments in Earth orbit push the limits of physics
This podcast features two scientists from the German Aerospace Center
Bright ‘nearby’ gamma-ray burst dazzles astronomers
Researchers say the event on 9 October promises to be “the best studied gamma-ray burst in history”
From war-torn Damascus to success as an aviation engineer and pilot, a refugee’s journey
Maya Ghazal talks about her successes in aeronautics despite facing prejudice in secondary education
An expanding universe is simulated in a quantum droplet
Bose–Einstein condensate sheds light on cosmic evolution
If the Milky Way could talk, what would it say?
Cait Cullen reviews The Milky Way: an Autobiography of our Galaxy by Moiya McTier
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