What happened before the Big Bang?

What happened before the Big Bang?

Did another universe collapse give birth to the one we live in today? "My paper introduces a new mathematical model that we can use to derive new details about the properties of a quantum state as…
ESA's Cosmic Visions

ESA's Cosmic Visions

Today ended more than a year of hard work for Europe's space-based scientists and their collaborators located all over the world. It was final submittal day to the European Space Agency's (ESA's)…
3D view of near-Earth magnetic 'dance'

3D view of near-Earth magnetic 'dance'

Scientists have obtained the first-ever 3D pictures of magnetic reconnection events, the dances on the solar winds of near-Earth space. In magnetic reconnection, magnetic field lines from different…
Watching The Face Of Jupiter Change

Watching The Face Of Jupiter Change

Massive Jupiter is undergoing dramatic atmospheric changes that have never been seen before with the keen "eye" of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Jupiter's turbulent clouds are always changing as…
Tectonic Signatures On Mars

Tectonic Signatures On Mars

The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express has provided snapshots of the Aeolis Mensae region. This area, well known for its wind-eroded features, lies on a tectonic transition…
Neutron Stars Join the Black Hole Jet Set

Neutron Stars Join the Black Hole Jet Set

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed an X-ray jet blasting away from a neutron star in a binary system. This discovery may help astronomers understand how neutron stars as well as black…
A Liquid Telescope On The Moon

A Liquid Telescope On The Moon

An international team including researcher Ermanno Borra, from Université Laval’s Center for Optics, Photonics, and Laser, have found a combination of materials that allows the creation of a highly…
Cosmic Horseshoe Discovered

Cosmic Horseshoe Discovered

A team led by Vasily Belokurov at the University of Cambridge in England has found the largest optical Einstein ring known. The astronomers say the object, which they dub the Cosmic Horseshoe,…
Want to be an astronaut?

Want to be an astronaut?

ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission. To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the…