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New images of the oldest light in the universe

"We're seeing the universe as it was when it was newborn," says researcher.

Applied for a job at NASA at the age of 12 – now she's set to become Norway's first astronaut

As a child, she was in a wheelchair and dreamed of space. Now, Jannicke Mikkelsen's childhood dream is coming true, with the help of a billionaire.

Giant lasers will capture waves in space: The idea was considered crazy 30 years ago

“Sometimes dreams do come true,” says Helena Kolesova, a particle physicist at the University of Stavanger.

Norwegian instrument on Mars confirms that this is an ancient lake

The researchers see lake sediments under the ground.

Why are pictures of space so colourful?

ASK A RESEARCHER: The night sky is pretty black, and on cloudless days it is blue. So why are many pictures of space so colourful?

If your best friend moves to Mars, how difficult would it be to talk to each other?

Light travels fast. But things don't move very fast when it comes to having conversations with people on other planets.

New space telescope will shed light on dark sides of the universe

The European space telescope Euclid has been launched. One researcher predicts this will be one of the largest mapping projects of how matter is distributed in the universe.

Twin satellites launched to monitor ship traffic in the North

Two dutch-Norwegian satellites will be launched this afternoon in Florida, USA. The satellites will, among other things, monitor ship traffic.

New spacecraft to solve mystery: Why is the Sun's atmosphere a hundred times hotter than its surface?

Norwegian scientists will help create a spacecraft for NASA, which aims to solve one of the deepest mysteries in physics.

What should astronauts eat on long trips?

Plants grown in space must be part of a closed system.

The blade of this knife is from space

Can you imagine how that can be?

Why doesn’t all our air disappear into space?

ASK A RESEARCHER: The atmosphere may be leaking more than you think, but luckily we still have enough air down here.

Study finds signs of ancient megafloods on Mars – pure speculation, says professor in Norway

Based on images from the Mars rover Curiosity, researchers believe floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed over Mars. “They’re trying to justify a lot of things that you can’t really know based on a few pebbles”, says professor at the University of Oslo.