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Solar wind and extreme heat creates ice on Mercury, say researchers
Water migrates from blazing hot surfaces to chilly crater shadows
Black hole ‘subrings’ could be seen by putting a telescope on the Moon
Focused light could tell us more about supermassive black holes
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Mars rover launch delayed until 2022
Coronavirus outbreak called "the straw that broke the camel's back" after glitches with the rover's parachutes and electronics
Biggest explosion since the Big Bang spotted by astronomers
Blast created by supermassive black hole 390 million light-years away
European Space Agency launches Solar Orbiter mission
Probe will improve our understanding of solar storms
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Research headlines
China’s rover probes deep below the surface of the far side of the Moon
Lunar regolith could hold secrets of solar and galactic evolution
IceCube identifies four galaxies as likely sources of cosmic rays
Neutrino detector at the South Pole pinpoints gargantuan particle accelerators
Convection cells the size of Texas dazzle with clarity on the Sun
First images from Inouye Solar Telescope have the highest spatial resolution ever
Radar could detect cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice
Echoes of radio waves could open a new energy window in neutrino astronomy
Forbidden nuclear transition sheds light on how some stars die
Laboratory experiment suggests that intermediate-mass stars expire via thermonuclear explosions
Ancient rings surrounding the Sun could have divided the solar system
Clear distinction between rocky planet and gas giants explained by new study
Latest articles in astronomy and space
Ask me anything: Philippe Blondel
The deputy director of the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Bath gives his advice to physics graduates
Rossby waves on the Sun provide a tool for forecasting space weather
Mausumi Dikpati explains how large-scale solar waves are connected with solar activity
Navigating the terahertz gap
The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is exploited less than its neighbouring wavelengths but plays a vital role in astronomy, as Sidney Perkowitz explains
Worlds beyond Earth
The Hayden Planetarium’s new space show has high production values and a strikingly earthy flavour, finds Robert P Crease
Cold atoms, a cosmic cold spot, and a tale of Cold War espionage
The Physics World team takes a walk on the cold side in this week’s podcast
More questions than answers
Qamar Scott reviews Extraterrestrial Languages by Daniel Oberhaus
The enduring enigma of the cosmic cold spot
Why does the cosmic microwave background have a strange patch that is much colder than expected? Syed Faisal ur Rahman looks at some possible explanations
Solar physics, the quantum term that needs replacing and the acoustics of concert halls
In this week's podcast, we talk to Sarah Matthews from University College London about the Sun, discuss language in physics and top music venues
LIGO–Virgo claims another neutron-star merger
Collision created object with “unusually high mass”, say astrophysicists
Three-body calculations suggest how black holes get close enough to merge
Simulations could explain how a third object could push black holes closer together
�?Beam rider’ technology keeps solar sails aligned
Prototype device passes an important preliminary test in the lab
Event Horizon Telescope’s Shep Doeleman explains how to image a black hole
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