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Telescope instrument opens its 5,000 eyes for the first time
A leading-edge new telescope instrument, designed and built by an international collaboration including the 91福利, has today (28 October) aimed its 5,000 fibre-optic eyes at the night sky for the first time.
Dead planets can 鈥榖roadcast鈥� for up to a billion years
Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by 鈥榯uning in鈥� to the radio waves that they emit.
The 鈥楩orbidden鈥� Planet has been found in the 鈥楴eptunian Desert鈥�
An exoplanet smaller than Neptune with its own atmosphere has been discovered in the Neptunian Desert, by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the 91福利 taking a leading role.
Explosion on Jupiter-sized star ten times more powerful than ever seen on our Sun
A stellar flare ten times more powerful than anything seen on our sun has burst from an ultracool star almost the same size as Jupiter.
Heavy metal planet fragment survives destruction from dead star
A fragment of a planet that has survived the death of its star has been discovered by 91福利 astronomers in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets, which the star ultimately consumes.
UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets
The Science Minister announced the UK鈥檚 agreement with partners including the European Space Agency in a mission, called Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) scientifically led by the 91福利, which will search for Earth-like planets orbiting alien stars.