


Jul 28th: Searching for Star-making Materials in Our Dusty Old Universe

Jul 20th: Is it a Star, is it a Planet? No! It’s a Brown Dwarf!

Jul 13th: Asteroid Day: Look Out for Rocks Falling From the Sky!
On June 30th, 1908 a fireball was seen streaking across in a remote area of Siberia in Russia. And we celebrate it as asteroid day!

Jul 6th: Throwing Rocks in Space
When the Solar System was formed, there were lots of spare pieces left over. These spare pieces are called asteroids and comets.

Jun 22nd: Only the Biggest Survive
Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is surrounded by 152 groups of stars, which are called globular clusters. They appear to be the oldest things in the galaxy, the first thing to form, and hold valuable clues about how the first stars and galaxies formed.

Jun 17th: Piecing Together Life on Earth
When stars die, the materials the star has been fusing for millions of years, all the way up to iron, are melted back down into sub-atomic particles. Then they are remade in a process called explosive nucleosynthesis. More than remade, the elements higher than iron, up to uranium are assembled in a flash.

Jun 8th: CLASP: Guardian of the Satellites

May 30th: Chasing a Runaway Black Hole

May 25th: Introducing DeeDee, the Distant Dwarf
A new member joining the dwarf planet family very soon – an object called 2014 UZ 224 and nicknamed ‘DeeDee’, short for Distant Dwarf.