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Supermassive dark matter stars may be lurking in the early universe
Exotic stars could be powered by dark matter remotevfx/Getty Images We may have seen the first…
Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science
“As we enter the second half of the 2020s, it is an incredibly exciting time for…
Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen
Artist’s impression of a field of Population III stars 100 million years after the big bang…
We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt
An artist’s impression of the Kuiper belt ESO/M. Kornmesser The Kuiper belt, a disc of icy…
Mystery deepens as isolated galaxy forms stars with no obvious fuel
A galaxy called NGC 6789, as seen by the Two-meter Twin Telescope Ignacio Trujillo et al…
Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away
Artist’s impression of a coronal mass ejection on a star Olena Shmahalo/Callingham et al. A cloud…
Is a deadly asteroid about to hit Earth? Meet the man who can tell you
Ryan Wills; Barry Hetherington; ESA; NASA; AdobeStock Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous…
Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 40 light years away
Artist’s impression of a coronal mass ejection on a star Olena Shmahalo/Callingham et al. A cloud…
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon may rise to 30 per cent
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the moon MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Astronomers are running out of…