Could a gravitational wave rip apart an entire planet?

When we detect gravitational waves, it’s because they are warping space and time by a tiny…

Aliens on low-oxygen worlds may never discover fire

Low levels of oxygen on planets where alien life could potentially evolve may make developing technology…

Giant star rocked by waves three times larger than our sun

A binary star system shines 20 per cent more brightly every time the smaller star gets…

Storms on Saturn are so huge that their traces last hundreds of years

Every couple of decades Saturn develops a huge storm, and now researchers have found that the…

What are the weirdest stars in the universe?

Exotic stars may be scattered throughout the cosmos, from boson stars that could look like black…

The most distant individual star ever seen may actually be two stars

The James Webb Space Telescope has made new observations of Earendel, the most distant single star…

Russia chases former Soviet glory with Luna 25 moon mission

Russia’s first lunar mission in nearly 50 years is designed to land near the moon’s south…

How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower as it peaks this weekend

The Perseids are a major meteor shower – here is your guide to spotting them during…

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight is about to launch

Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers to space, is scheduled to launch…

Watch Virgin Galactic's first space tourist launch livestream

Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers to space, is scheduled to launch…