A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters looks at the probability of biological activity on the K2-18 b exoplanet.   … read more

Scientists comment on asteroid 2024 YR4 which may hit Earth in 2032.    Prof Martin Ward, Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor … read more

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, has been half awarded to Prof Roger Penrose for his discovery that black hole … read more

A study, published in Nature Astronomy, reports the discovery of the gas phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.    Prof David … read more

New research looks at early universe signals and dark matter particles, published in Nature.  read more

The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the detection of gravitational waves. read more

The Cassini space probe’s 20-year journey has come to an end. read more

Publishing in Science, researchers have reported that the Cassini spacecraft has detected molecular hydrogen on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. read more

The European Space Agency is attempting to land a spacecraft, Philae, on the surface of a comet. A successful landing would be a first for space exploration. read more

Professor Colin Pillinger, who was principal investigator for the UK’s Beagle 2 Mars lander project, died aged 70. read more

Gravitational waves have been directly detected for the first time by a US team at the south pole’s BICEP detector. Predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the waves are a product of the big bang and provide strong evidence for ‘cosmic inflation’. read more

The Plank satellite captured a map of light originating from the dawn of time, which suggests the universe did begin with a big bang and that it is slightly older than was previously thought. read more

A large meteor crashed in Russia’s Ural mountains, causing damage to buildings and injuring people. read more

Explosive eruptions of energy from the Sun that cause minor solar storms on Earth are relatively common events. Superstorms, by contrast, occur very occasionally – perhaps once every century or two. A new report by the Royal Academy of Engineering brings together engineering and scientific experts from across many disciplines to identify and analyse the impact of solar superstorms on the UK’s engineering infrastructure. read more

At a speech at the Royal Society in London Chancellor George Osborne announced an increased spending on space technology by £60m per year over the next two years. read more

Sir Bernard Lovell, who developed the science of radio-astronomy in the UK and was director of Jodrell Bank for 30 years, giving his name to the Lovell Telescope there, died at the age of 98. read more

Nasa’s Curiosity rover touched down safely in Gale Crater on Mars following a complex landing sequence, to the relief of everyone involved. read more

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, the latest spacecraft to be sent to our neighbouring planet, was due to land around 6.30am UK time Monday 6 August 2012. read more

After many months of waiting, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation finally announced that the massive telescope array will be shared between Australia-NZ and South Africa. The comment below was sent in addition to comments from the Australian SMC. read more

Two major solar eruptions threatened to knock out communications systems, power supplies and even GPS navigation. read more