The source of the charged plasma that makes up the solar wind has long been debated,…
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The gravitational waves that could shed light on the cosmic dark age
Some astrophysicists have said that the discovery of the gravitational wave background could shake the foundations…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has landed near the moon’s south pole
ISRO, India’s national space agency, has successfully made a historic soft landing near the moon’s water-rich…
Chandrayaan-3 livestream: Watch India’s attempted moon landing
ISRO, India’s national space agency, is attempting a historic soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission near…
Russia's Luna 25 moon mission ends in catastrophic crash
It has been almost 50 years since Russia – then the Soviet Union – landed safely…
Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star
A new type of star may eventually collapse and become a magnetar – a highly magnetic…
All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be because of the sun
Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, and…
Black holes may be hurtling around at 10 per cent the speed of light
When two black holes merge to form a single one, it can zoom off at an…
A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons
Far from serene, the night sky is a riot of spectacular bangs and flashes that reveal…
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…