by Scott J. Kenyon from Nature 522, 40–41 (04 June 2015) doi:10.1038/522040a Images from the Hubble Space Telescope cast new light on the orbits, shapes and sizes of Pluto’s small […]
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The slow death of red galaxies
by Andrea Cattaneo from Nature 521, 164–165 (14 May 2015) doi:10.1038/521164a For most galaxies, the shutdown of star formation was a slow process that took 4 billion years. An analysis […]
Many flavours of supernova
from Nature 520, 411 (23 April 2015) doi:10.1038/520411d Exploding stars grouped in one family because of their similarities actually form two distinct groups. This may have important cosmic implications because […]
Hubble’s hits and beyond
from Hubble’s legacy by Mario Livio In-flight servicing has prolonged the space telescope’s life, paving the way for future missions. 1990 The Hubble Space Telescope is launched on the space […]
Mercury’s ice is a recent arrival
from Nature 514, 538 (30 October 2014) doi:10.1038/514538b Ice at Mercury’s poles is a relatively new arrival — a finding that could help to resolve a debate about whether ice […]
Signals from Earth
Nature 514, 538 (30 October 2014) doi:10.1038/514538d Radio pulses that look like they came from deep space could actually have earthly origins. A team led by Pascal Saint-Hilaire at the […]
The age of the quasars
by Daniel Mortlock from Nature 514, 43–44 (02 October 2014) doi:10.1038/514043a An infrared census of accreting supermassive black holes across a wide range of cosmic times indicates that the canonical […]
Space ripples could pump up stars
Just a bit observation: to read the little news published on Nature you must pay, but the scientific paper is… free! Gravitational waves could energize and brighten stars — possibly […]
Meet the Laniakea supercluster
by Elmo Tempel from Nature 513, 41–42 (04 September 2014) doi:10.1038/513041a An analysis of a three-dimensional map of galaxies and their velocities reveals the hitherto unknown edges of the large […]
Farewell Lutetia
Farewell Lutetia On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, with NASA instruments aboard, flew past asteroid Lutetia on Saturday, July 10. […]
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