A source of radio waves, nicknamed “Andy’s object”, coming from the direction of the centre of…
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Rocks gathered by Chang'e 5 rover show magma once spewed from the moon
Lunar samples brought back to Earth by the Chang’e 5 spacecraft seem to be less than…
Ancient Mars lake had fast-moving floods that carried huge boulders
Mars used to have flowing water, which filled Jezero Crater with an enormous lake. Images of…
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has found two odd pairs of asteroids
The New Horizons spacecraft has found two pairs of unusually close asteroids in a region of…
UAE will send spacecraft to visit Venus and land on an asteroid
The United Arab Emirates is planning to land on an asteroid in 2033, after a quick…
Weird white dwarf that is colder than it should be defies explanation
A white dwarf about 90 light years from Earth is so cool and dim it should…
Blue Origin is taking Star Trek’s William Shatner to space for real
The actor William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, will fly aboard…
Other planets in our solar system can masquerade as Earth from afar
If aliens took a picture of our solar system from afar, they might find that 6…
Lunar craters could reveal past collisions with ancient black holes
Black holes born in the big bang could be the dark matter physicists have sought for…
Our cosmic neighbourhood has so many more secrets for us to reveal
An unusual meteorite seems to help explain why the planets are in their odd present positions,…