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Some of the solar system’s largest oceans never see the Sun. Gravity, magnetic fields and plumes reveal liquid water beneath the ice of distant moons.
Sep 16, 2026 • 4 min readRead the discovery →New stories, explanations and research from Space & The Universe.
Solar sails gain thrust when light transfers momentum to a reflective surface. Their small continuous force can change an orbit, provided a spacecraft controls…
Sep 24, 2026 • 3 min read
Mass bends spacetime and therefore the paths of light, allowing galaxies and clusters to magnify, distort or multiply the images of more distant objects…
Sep 24, 2026 • 12 min read
The Moon does not physically change shape. Half of it is illuminated by the Sun at almost all times, and its phases occur because…
Sep 23, 2026 • 14 min read
The northern lights form when energetic charged particles guided by Earth’s magnetic field collide with atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. Those gases…
Sep 23, 2026 • 14 min read
Gravitational lensing turns distorted galaxy images into maps of mass. The maps reveal where unseen matter is inferred, with limits set by geometry and…
Sep 23, 2026 • 3 min read
Solar neutrinos carry evidence of fusion from deep inside the Sun. Underground detectors measure rare interactions and distinguish changes in flavour from missing energy.
Sep 23, 2026 • 3 min read
A star’s spectrum contains patterns tied to atomic energy levels. Reading those patterns reveals composition, while temperature, motion and line blending complicate the analysis.
Sep 23, 2026 • 3 min read
Kilometre-scale laser interferometers measure minute changes in spacetime and reconstruct mergers far beyond the Milky Way.
Sep 21, 2026 • 12 min read
Activity on the Sun can launch radiation and magnetized plasma that disrupt radio, satellites, navigation and power systems near Earth.
Sep 21, 2026 • 13 min read
Some of the solar system’s largest oceans never see the Sun. Gravity, magnetic fields and plumes reveal liquid water beneath the ice of distant…
Sep 16, 2026 • 4 min read
Kilometre-scale laser interferometers measure minute changes in spacetime and reconstruct mergers far beyond the Milky Way.
Sep 21, 2026 • 12 min read
Activity on the Sun can launch radiation and magnetized plasma that disrupt radio, satellites, navigation and power systems near Earth.
Sep 21, 2026 • 13 min read
Astronomers separate tiny planetary fingerprints from starlight to infer gases, clouds, temperatures and winds on worlds light-years away.
Sep 13, 2026 • 8 min read
A neutron star compresses more mass than the Sun into a sphere the size of a city, turning its interior into a laboratory for…
Sep 13, 2026 • 11 min readOne remarkable idea at a time—nature, science, history and beyond.
