25th April 2023

Clearest-ever picture of Mars' moon Deimos

The science team behind the Emirates Mars Mission has revealed ground-breaking imagery and data that advances our understanding of Deimos.

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19th April 2023

New exoplanet seen via direct imaging

The discovery of HIP 99770 b, a new exoplanet located 133 light years away, is reported. A team of astronomers used a new detection method that combines direct imaging with astrometry.

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3rd April 2023

NASA reveals astronauts for Moon mission

NASA has named the four astronauts who will take humanity back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years. Artemis 2, launching in either late 2024 or early 2025, will include the first woman and first person of colour on a lunar mission.

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2nd April 2023

"Ultramassive" black hole found via gravitational lensing

Astronomers in the UK have identified an "ultramassive" black hole – one of the largest ever discovered – and the first to be confirmed through gravitational lensing, at the centre of the galaxy Abell 1201 BCG.

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23rd March 2023

RNA component found in asteroid sample

Analysis of samples from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu has revealed nitrogenous organic compounds, which are important in the development of life.

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5th March 2023

Supermassive black hole in Milky Way centre will consume large object in 2036

A mysterious object called X7 has evolved dramatically in a relatively short time as it approaches the centre of our galaxy. Astronomers now say it is likely to be a large cloud of dust and gas, created when two stars collided.

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13th February 2023

New ring system found in our Solar System

The minor planet Quaoar is now known to have a ring system, following observations by the CHEOPS space telescope.

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7th February 2023

Earth-sized exoplanet found in habitable zone

German astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of Wolf 1069, a red dwarf star located 31 light years away.

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21st January 2023

James Webb Space Telescope confirms its first exoplanet

NASA scientists report the discovery of LHS 475 b, an exoplanet almost identical in size and mass to Earth, and the first to be confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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9th January 2023

Two potentially Earth-like planets found 16 light years away

An international team led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain, has discovered two planets with Earth-like masses in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, just 16 light years from our own Solar System.

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