With its bright stars and distinctive shape, Cassiopeia is the perfect jumping-off point for exploring the…
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The deepest canyons on Mars were rapidly formed by devastating floods
While most riverbeds on Earth are formed via slow erosion by running water, many of Mars’s…
Life on Venus may have only been possible for its first billion years
Previous research suggested Venus may have been habitable for 2 to 3 billion years, but that…
Exoplanet in a triple star system may orbit all three at once
Astronomers have spotted hints of a planet that orbits a distant system of three stars –…
Tim Peake: The future of humans in space
Tim Peake expects humans to be exploring the moon and within decades, the first humans will…
Some hot exoplanets may develop strange sets of four colossal storms
The hottest worlds in the universe may develop enormous, fast-moving storms in strange sets of four…
Spacecraft could detect signs of life on Saturn's moon Enceladus
Plumes of water shot into space by Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn, may contain molecular…
Oxygen and water for lunar explorers can be extracted from moon rocks
A device that bakes moon rocks to temperatures above 1000°C can efficiently extract water and oxygen…
Weird hybrid meteorite may be evidence of a chaotic early solar system
Jupiter’s early orbit had a wobble that may have flung asteroids from the inner and outer…
Foundation review: Isaac Asimov TV adaptation is imaginative reworking
Apple TV’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series stays true to the big ideas, but sensibly…