Last year, astronomers detected the Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2024 YR4 that orbits the Sun every four…
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Total lunar eclipse on March 14, 2025, visible across the Americas, Europe, and Africa
The eclipse will begin with the penumbral phase at 03:57 UTC on March 14. The partial…
How Humans Can Reinvent Themselves to Live on Other Worlds
By Alan Boyle March 8, 2025 Let’s face it: Space is a hostile environment for humans.…
The Athena Lunar Lander Also Fell Over on its Side
The Athena lunar lander (IM-2) has been declared dead after it failed to stick the landing…
Catching March’s Total Lunar Eclipse
After a long ‘eclipse drought,’ lunar totality once again spans the Americas. The end is in…
Mysterious X-ray signal linked to planetary destruction
A planetary destruction event has been detected in the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), located 650 light-years…
Starship explodes in spectacular fireball, causing air traffic delays
“During Starship’s ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly, and contact was lost. Our…
A Protoplanetary Disk That Refuses to Grow Up
Stars form from giant clouds of gas and dust that begin to collapse under their own…
Today’s Forecast: Partially Cloudy Skies on an “Ultra-Hot Neptune”
Ultra-hot Neptune exoplanets represent a fascinating class of exoplanets characterised, not surprisingly, by their Neptune-like mass.…
There’s a Smashed Planet at the Heart of the Helix Nebula
The Helix Nebula, otherwise known as NGC7293, is a favourite among amateur astronomers. It was one…