See that purple stream at the bottom right? It’s the helical jet from a runaway pulsar that’s streaking across the Milky Way at speeds reaching five million mph. But more extraordinary than that is ...

Using the NASA Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite, a team of astronomers have discovered an object predicted, but never seen before – a ‘jet trail’ nebula. The nebula represents a completely ...

Fluffy rows of cirrus clouds created by the increasing number of jet contrails can sometimes fill half the sky and may significantly affect ground temperatures, according to a report in Thursday’s ...

Several years ago I began to notice something peculiar happening right above us. On a number of occasions, I would venture outside early in the morning to watch the sunrise; the sky was commonly clear ...

Aeroplane vapour trails buffer the temperatures felt on Earth, according to a study made possible by the consequences of the terrorist attacks of September 11. Scientists had suspected that the wispy ...