21st February 2018

Andromeda less massive than previously thought

By studying the orbits of high-speed stars, researchers in Australia calculate that the Andromeda galaxy has only one-third as much dark matter as previously thought, making it similar in mass to the Milky Way.

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6th February 2018

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket

A powerful next-generation rocket – the largest since the Apollo era – has successfully launched for the first time.

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18th January 2018

First full-colour motion video from satellites

Earth-i, a mapping service based in England, has launched a prototype of the world's first full-colour, full-motion video satellite constellation.

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15th December 2017

NASA uses AI to find hidden exoplanets

NASA astronomers have announced the detection of Kepler-90i, a super-Earth exoplanet, and the eighth in a multi-exoplanetary system, which now hosts the most exoplanets ever found to date orbiting an extrasolar star.

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3rd December 2017

Voyager I fires thrusters for first time since 1980

Voyager I, the most distant man-made object, has fired its trajectory thrusters for the first time since 1980, to extend its lifetime by two or three more years.

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