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The space physicist on a mission to discover why Mercury has shrunk
As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn’t always make…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first launch
New Glenn blasts off Blue Origin Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket has successfully launched and…
Astronomers baffled by bizarre ‘zombie star’ that shouldn’t exist
Artist’s impression of ASKAP J1839-0756, a neutron star emitting beams of radio waves from its magnetic…
SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon
An artist’s impression of Blue Ghost landing on the moon Firefly Aerospace Two private spacecraft aiming…
Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does
The structure of Mars’s core could solve some mysteries about the Red Planet Shutterstock/AlexLMX Mars may…
A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat
Artist’s depiction of a white dwarf orbiting the supermassive black hole 1ES 1927+654 Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State…
The space physicist on a mission to discover why Mercury has shrunk
As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn’t always make…
Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile…
Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers
An artist’s impression of the space junk orbiting Earth Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy The rising threat…