Infographic showing the various branches of science related to the study of the Moon. ...Read more.

Infographic showing the various branches of science related to the study of the Moon. ...Read more.

Infographic showing the various branches of science related to the study of the Moon. ...Read more.

Infographic showing the various branches of science related to the study of the Moon. ...Read more.

Conceptual depiction of the NIGHT Project - a high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph dedicated to surveying escaping exoplanet atmospheres, operated via an international consortium of institutions. NIGHT will look at many planets with escaping atmospheres (one after the other) through the ‘tra ...Read more.

Illustration of a star system consisting of two white dwarfs, in which one of the stars (right) is transferring gas to its partner owing to their proximity. As a result, the star on the left has reached an unstable, critical mass, which is resulting in a devastating explosion called a supernova. ...Read more.

Illustration of a star system consisting of two white dwarfs, in which one of the stars (right) is transferring gas to its partner owing to their proximity. As a result, the star on the left has reached an unstable, critical mass, which is resulting in a devastating explosion called a supernova. ...Read more.

Cataclysmic variable binary star. Computer illustration of a cataclysmic variable binary star system. A red dwarf (lower left) is seen in mutual orbit with a white dwarf (upper right). An accretion disc of material pulled from the red dwarf can be seen around the white dwarf. At the point where the ...Read more.

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first jets formed in the Universe and how they impacted the evolu ...Read more.

Artwork of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The mission consists of a 3-metre-long rover called Perseverance, and a smaller 'rotorcraft' (1.2 metres in diameter, not shown here) called Ingenuity. The helicopter is expected to fly five missions during the first 30 days of the mission, scouting locations for ...Read more.

Digital artwork whimsically portraying the Earth in the absence of gravity. Or perhaps the objects have been subject to an anti-gravity 'weapon'. ...Read more.

An artist's impression of Charon as it might appear from the surface of Pluto. In this depiction, Charon's phase is new - i.e. the Sun is directly behind it. Therefore Charon is only visible by the faint sunlight that Pluto reflects onto it from the Sun. Because Pluto and Charon are tidally locked, ...Read more.

Artwork depicting Mars in three different epochs: the Noachian Period (4.1-3.7 GYa), the Hesperian (3.7-3.0 GYa) and the Amazonian (present). The Noachian Mars was a cold, snowy and watery world with rivers, lakes and small seas from melting snow. Similar to summer in Iceland. The great Valles Marin ...Read more.

Artwork depicting Mars during its Noachian Period, roughly 4100-3700 million years ago. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and possibly abundant surface water - however, the water is thought to have been localized rather than spanning the planet in oceans, as o ...Read more.

Artwork depicting Mars during its Hesperian Period, roughly 3700-3000 million years ago. The period is characterised by extreme volcanism which led to catastrophic flooding. These latter helped carve the extensive outflow channels seen on Mars - wide, long surface features resembling huge rivers and ...Read more.