The moon’s lower gravity makes it practical to build huge towers covered in solar panels, using…
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One of our most basic assumptions about the universe may be wrong
The distribution of matter throughout the universe may not be the same in every direction, which…
Meteorite recovered in the UK after spectacular fireball in the sky
After a huge fireball streaked through the skies over the UK on 28 February, a team…
4.6-billion-year-old meteorite is the oldest volcanic rock ever found
A meteorite that formed just 2 million years after the solar system is the oldest volcanic…
Photonic laser thruster could power spacecraft from Earth
The Photonic Laser Thruster can move a 750-gram object along a low-friction rail – a small…
Planet hotter than most stars spotted 25 light years away
Astronomers may have detected a planet around one of our closest stars that is potentially the…
We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity
There is a mismatch between two ways of measuring galactic mass. Dark matter is one way…
Space junk foils astronomers observing oldest galaxy in the universe
A flash of light in the night sky, thought to have been a burst from a…
Crew of mock lunar 'biosphere' grew food and made oxygen for 200 days
The inhabitants of China’s Lunar Palace biosphere lived on recycled oxygen and water, and grew their…
The Perseverance rover runs on processors used in iMacs in the 1990s
The processor in the Perseverance rover on Mars is similar to the one that powered the…