Satellite launches like this one in Russia are normally registered on a United Nations list –…
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Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover alongside a rock with markings that resemble features made by microbes NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS…
This physicist is hunting for the biggest black hole in the universe
No black hole could ever be described as small. Even the most diminutive are many times…
Audacious mission to rescue NASA’s falling telescope has launched
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center One of NASA’s premier space telescopes…
The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon
Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars and must somehow find a way to grow potatoes…
The best new science-fiction novels published in July 2026
Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf – which fans can revisit in a new…
The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now
A field of stars in the constellation Lupus captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory NSF–DOE…
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse
An image of the 2024 total solar eclipse Allexxandar/Alamy On 12 August, a total solar eclipse…
We may have finally solved cosmology’s chicken-or-the-egg problem
Did the black hole at the centre of this galaxy begin before the galaxy formed? NASA,…
Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes
The disc of material swirling around a supermassive black hole may give birth to many planets…