“The theory we operated with for the last decade was that single-star black holes are formed from the remnants of massive stars — the more massive the star,…
When NASA Mars Program officials and members of the Mars science community gather in California next week to pare down the list of candidate landing sites for…
In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in…
There is currently a 60-percent chance that weather at the launch site will delay today's launch. Weather conditions are expected to improve slightly on…
After passing Mars in April 2007, Rosetta is now approaching Earth for the second time – the third of four planetary swing-bys that provide fuel-saving…
Although there was no formal ceremony to mark the occasion, the hatch closure is an important milestone for all involved. “This means we are 99% ready for…
Professor Mike Charlton, who was until the start of October Head of the University’s School of Physical Sciences, has been awarded a five-year Senior Research…
One solution to improve the lifetime of these devices that has been investigated is incorporating carbon nanotubes (tubes made of carbon atoms, 1000s of times…
“It has been an arduous process both inside ESA and in the community to get these winning groups into what I suppose can be said to be the quarterfinals of one…
After passing Mars in April 2007, Rosetta is now approaching Earth for the second time – the third of four planetary swing-bys that provide fuel-saving…
The “carbon nanotube radio” device is thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. The development marks an important step in the evolution of…
The black hole is part of a binary system in M33, a nearby galaxy about 3 million light years from Earth. By combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray…
The studies suggested that the galaxy had erupted with star formation billions of years after its galactic neighbours, like our galaxy the Milky Way. Back then…
Through the constant quest for miniaturization, transistors and all their components continue to decrease in size. A similar reduction has resulted in the…
Integral was launched on 17 October 2002. Since then, the satellite has helped scientists make great strides in understanding the gamma-ray universe – from the…
Along with its twin TC-2, TC-1 is the first satellite built and operated by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) in cooperation with ESA. Along…
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