Space

Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars’s climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life. By Jonathan O’Callaghan An international team of researchers is developing a model of Mars’s evolution that could unlock some of its long-held secrets, including whether it once harboured … Read more

Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well these algorithms can prepare us for incoming space storms that can wreak havoc by knocking out satellites in space and power grids on Earth. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Yuri Shprits, a space scientist at the German Research Centre … Read more

Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying. By Jonathan O’Callaghan The formation of galaxies in the universe should follow a fairly simple path. It starts with small galaxies, which then grow bigger and bigger until they become the giant galaxies we see … Read more

The first moving images of a black hole could reveal swirls of plasma and collapsing stars, deepening our understanding of the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan A widespread misconception has long equated black holes in space with nothingness, ‘the end of everything’. But a global team of scientists, including EU-funded researchers, has managed to photograph them, … Read more