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- Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/astronomers-reveal-largest-cosmic-explosion-ever-seen 8 comments
- Royal Astronomical Society: all journals to publish as open access from 2024 https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/royal-astronomical-society-announces-all-journals-publish-open-access-2024 74 comments
- Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indicator of possible life? https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus 265 comments
- New hints of volcanism under the heart of northern Europe https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/new-hints-volcanism-under-heart-northern-europe 26 comments
- End of nuclear secrecy? Underground tests now '99% detectable' https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/end-nuclear-secrecy-underground-tests-now-99-detectable 51 comments worldnews
- Detecting secret underground nuclear tests: researchers can now detect with 99% accuracy if a nuclear underground explosion has taken place (up from previous 82%) https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/end-nuclear-secrecy-underground-tests-now-99-detectable 52 comments science
- New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/new-images-reveal-what-neptune-and-uranus-really-look 15 comments space
- Never-before-seen Fast Radio Burst sheds new light on deep space signals https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/never-seen-fast-radio-burst-sheds-new-light-deep-space-signals 5 comments space
- Galaxy changes classification as jet changes direction. In PBC J2333.9-2343, the jet changed its direction drastically by an angle of up to 90 degrees, going from being in the plane of the sky, perpendicular to our line of sight, to pointing directly towards us. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/galaxy-changes-classification-jet-changes-direction 6 comments science
- New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/new-discovery-sheds-light-very-early-supermassive-black-holes 3 comments space
- Royal Astronomical Society announces all journals to publish as open access from 2024 https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/royal-astronomical-society-announces-all-journals-publish-open-access-2024 26 comments space
- New Gaia data reveals secrets of the Universe https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/new-gaia-data-reveals-secrets-universe-0 2 comments space
- Scientists unveil most accurate virtual representation of the Universe https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/scientists-unveil-most-accurate-virtual-representation-universe 9 comments space
- An international team of astronomers has used data from the Gaia space mission to create a new map of the Milky Way’s outer disc. Intriguingly, newly found structures include evidence for fossil spiral arms. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/gaia-finds-fossil-spiral-arms-milky-way 3 comments science
- Martian global dust storm ended winter early in the south. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/martian-global-dust-storm-ended-winter-early-south 4 comments science
- New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/new-study-suggests-supermassive-black-holes-could-form-dark 4 comments science
- New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter. This "may offer a natural explanation for how supermassive black holes formed in the early Universe, without requiring prior star formation or needing to invoke seed black holes with unrealistic accretion rates.” https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/new-study-suggests-supermassive-black-holes-could-form-dark 5 comments science
- A team of scientists have used satellite data to augment measurements of North Korean nuclear tests on the ground. The researchers find that the most recent test shifted the ground by a few meters, and estimate it to be equivalent to 17 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/space-based-radar-suggests-north-korean-nuke-equivalent-17 32 comments science
- Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'. The new data suggest that the explosion was powerful enough to shift the surface of the mountain above the detonation point by a few metres, and the flank of the peak moved by up to half a metre https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/space-based-radar-suggests-north-korean-nuke-equivalent-17 22 comments science
- Observers watching January's total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Spanish astronomers now think the space rock collided with the Moon at 61,000 kilometres an hour, excavating a crater 10 to 15 metres across. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/space-rock-hit-moon-61000-kilometres-hour 11 comments science
- A team of astronomers and physicists may have confirmed two elusive clouds of dust, dusty pseudo-satellites in orbit alongside our lunar neighbour, in semi-stable points just 400,000 kilometres from Earth. The clouds were first reported in 1961. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/earths-dust-cloud-satellites-confirmed 7 comments space