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Seven wonders of the Milky Way: An astronomer’s guide to the galaxy
OVER the past decade, spacecraft have beamed back reports from some truly awe-inspiring destinations within our…
Stunning photo of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is our best in decades
Jupiter’s moon Io, as seen on 16 October NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift/CC BY NASA’s Juno spacecraft has taken…
Largest quake ever seen on Mars points to surprising seismic activity
What’s going on beneath the surface of Mars? More than you might think NASA/JPL-Caltech The most…
How to spot the constellation Aquila and its deep-sky objects
BABAK TAFRESHI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY LAST month, we looked for the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. I…
A blast of radio waves hit Earth after travelling for 8 billion years
Artist’s impression of the path the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A took between the galaxy where…
Orionids: How to see the Halley’s comet meteor shower in October and November
The Orionids, seen over Daqing in Heilongjiang province, China, on 22 October 2020 Sipa US /…
The moon is 40 million years older than we thought it was
The moon may have formed at least 4.46 billion years ago – 40 million years earlier…
Bright gamma ray burst might mean space is more transparent than we thought
GRB221009A surrounded by dust rings, pictured by the XMM-Newton X-ray space observatory ESA/XMM-Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF) The…
What would it take to make the most inhospitable planet for life?
There’s only one planet that we know of that hosts life – Earth. So what makes…