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Lunar eclipse 2023: What time is the October Blood moon partial eclipse?
A partial lunar eclipse in Regensburg, Germany, in 2017 Thomas Koschnick/Alamy Solar and lunar eclipses always…
Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a black hole’s birth
An illustration of a black hole created after a supernova Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library/Alamy We may…
Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time
A microscope image of mouse embryos after they had returned from the International Space Station Teruhiko…
Lunar eclipse 2023: October blood moon captured in stunning images around the world
The partial lunar eclipse on 28 October in Munich, Germany Imago/Alamy Photographers around the world captured…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is hurtling towards the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA’s Lucy mission is heading to two swarms of asteroids trapped in Jupiter’s orbit NASA's Goddard…
Walking on the moon: candid photos from astronaut Tim Peake’s new book
20 July 1969. Neil Armstrong’s photos of Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the Moon. NASA SPACE,…
Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth
IN THE past few months, the wheels started to fall off NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR)…
Lucy spacecraft found another asteroid behind the asteroid Dinkinesh
The asteroid Dinkinesh and its smaller orbiting asteroid NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has flown…
The sun is smaller than we thought it was
The sun isn’t quite as big as we thought, so may release solar flares differently to…