A passing star could send planets scattering Triff/Shutterstock Stars whizzing by our solar system could cause…
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New Scientist – Space
Out of This World and Into the Next review: A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist
The Martian’s Mark Watney (Matt Damon): on Mars, but not by choice Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Out of…
One half of the moon is hotter than the other
A map showing anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field, based on data from NASA’s GRAIL mission…
Alien megastructures would likely self-destruct before we spot them
An artist’s impression of a Dyson sphere Aicrovision/Shutterstock If advanced alien civilisations are building vast satellite…
Was a famous supernova an alien invader from another galaxy?
A composite image of the remnant of Kepler’s Supernova NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude One of the most famous exploding…
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where
Kosmos 482 was originally set to go to Venus, but never made it there Wikimedia Commons…
Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model of the universe
A map of the universe created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Each dot is…
Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise
Illustration of the exoplanet K2-18b NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Apparent signs of alien…
How astonishing observatories could do big physics from the moon
When Michael Collins floated above the far side of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission…
Quasi periodic eruptions: Powerful blasts of X-rays could reveal a black hole waking from sleep
An artist’s impression of gas and dust around the massive black hole at the centre of…