The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts.
Complaints growing about a ‘grey industry’ catering to the need for published papers and attendance at specialist events.
GJ 504 b, the rosy world that defeated the world's biggest ground telescopes for years, gave up its first spectrum to JWST in a few hours of telescope time. The model that matched the light needed clouds made of salt.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent more than two decades watching for gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. It is now sinking towards the atmosphere, and the plan to save it is about to leave the ground. The agency has h…
