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- 18 Jul 2018, 06:00 UTC Glittering suns in a ‘starburst ring’ stretching around the core of Messier 94
- 17 Jul 2018, 14:19 UTC A dozen new moons found orbiting Jupiter, pushing total to 79
- 16 Jul 2018, 13:00 UTC Black hole-neutron star mergers could resolve Hubble constant conflict
- 16 Jul 2018, 06:00 UTC An identity crisis for a galaxy in the vast Virgo cluster
- 15 Jul 2018, 13:58 UTC MeerKAT radio telescope images blazing heart of Milky Way
- 14 Jul 2018, 22:39 UTC A new volcano on Io? Juno data indicate ‘hot spot’ on active moon
- 13 Jul 2018, 20:22 UTC Cosmic mystery deepens with conflicting measurements of Hubble constant
- 13 Jul 2018, 14:58 UTC Astronomers trace cosmic ray neutrino back to remote blazar
- 12 Jul 2018, 12:16 UTC View the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century on 27 July
- 12 Jul 2018, 01:07 UTC ESO’s Very Large Telescope captures brilliant celestial starscape
- 10 Jul 2018, 18:00 UTC Cassini ‘hears” plasma waves connecting Saturn to Enceladus
- 10 Jul 2018, 15:02 UTC Messier spotted the first extra-galactic globular cluster in 1778
- 10 Jul 2018, 14:12 UTC Quasar provides clues about conditions in the early Universe
- 9 Jul 2018, 14:03 UTC Kepler spacecraft, nearly out of fuel, suspends exoplanet search
- 6 Jul 2018, 15:10 UTC Computer simulations confirm massive impact knocked Uranus off kilter
- 5 Jul 2018, 15:38 UTC Extracting critical resources from the Moon topic of ESA workshop
- 5 Jul 2018, 06:00 UTC Yet another test for general relativity; yet another “A” for Einstein
- 4 Jul 2018, 16:44 UTC Cataclysmic collision re-shaped Milky Way in distant past
- 4 Jul 2018, 03:18 UTC NuSTAR X-ray telescope shows Eta Carinae source of cosmic rays
- 2 Jul 2018, 16:41 UTC Dawn zooms in on Ceres’ enigmatic Occator Crater
- 2 Jul 2018, 14:27 UTC Astronomers catch new planet in the process of forming
- 1 Jul 2018, 15:47 UTC Astronomers detect magnetic field in remains of supernova 1987A
- 30 Jun 2018, 22:23 UTC A ringside seat to rampant star formation in galaxy M83
- 29 Jun 2018, 21:51 UTC Complex organics spewing from sub-surface ocean on Enceladus
- 29 Jun 2018, 19:48 UTC July’s Jupiter events visible from the UK
- 28 Jun 2018, 13:51 UTC NASA again delays launch of James Webb Space Telescope
- 28 Jun 2018, 13:01 UTC ‘Oumuamua, first known interstellar visitor, is a comet after all
- 28 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC The Hubble Space Telescope’s jaw-dropping Messier catalogue
- 27 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC Supercomputer simulation reverse engineers star cluster formation
- 26 Jun 2018, 17:13 UTC The Hubble Space Telescope and globular clusters – a match made in heaven
- 26 Jun 2018, 14:09 UTC Ruling out false positives – and negatives – in search for life on other worlds
- 25 Jun 2018, 15:25 UTC Kepler finds nearly 80 more exoplanet candidates in recent search
- 24 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC Hubble spots possible third supernova exploding in remote galaxy
- 23 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC Supermassive black holes squelch star formation in ancient galaxies
- 22 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC Relativity passes another test, this one beyond the Milky Way
- 22 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC Martian dust storm makes presence known in Gale Crater
- 21 Jun 2018, 17:52 UTC ESA releases complete Rosetta archive, including final surprise
- 20 Jun 2018, 14:25 UTC Explosive volcanoes on Mars explain mysterious rock formation
- 20 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC M66, a favorite target for amateurs, as seen by Hubble
- 19 Jun 2018, 12:43 UTC X (rays) mark the spot where mid-size black hole devours passing star
- 18 Jun 2018, 14:17 UTC Dust clouds may explain emissions from active galactic nuclei
- 18 Jun 2018, 13:01 UTC Today’s weather: stormy with high winds and turbulence
- 17 Jun 2018, 11:27 UTC New experiment to probe dark matter interactions
- 15 Jun 2018, 16:34 UTC Astronomers ‘see’ aftermath of black hole lunching on doomed star
- 15 Jun 2018, 14:31 UTC Blowing bubbles – Wolf-Rayet stars put on dramatic show
- 14 Jun 2018, 13:25 UTC Three planets found around dust-shrouded star
- 13 Jun 2018, 19:50 UTC NASA managers hopeful Opportunity will survive its trial by dust
- 13 Jun 2018, 12:38 UTC See ringed planet Saturn at its best in late June
- 12 Jun 2018, 14:30 UTC Ageing Mars rover halts research, powers down in heavy dust storm
- 12 Jun 2018, 06:00 UTC A meteoroid impact on Mars triggers an dusty avalanche
