Long-exposure photo showing the trail of asteroid 2024 BX1 shortly before impact. The changes in brightness…
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Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for mini ones to grow
We may have a clearer understanding of why the accretion disc around large black holes is…
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and…
Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night
The SLIM lander is continuing to snap photos of the moon’s surface JAXA Somehow, Japan’s Smart…
Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems
Space modules must be able to switch orbits in order to explore a solar system Elen…
Jupiter’s moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
Io, Jupiter’s innermost moon, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system Joshimer Binas/Alamy…
Lyrid meteor shower 2024: How to see the Lyrids this April and when do they peak?
Shutterstock/Ingo Bartussek One of the meteor showers I look forward to every year is the Lyrids,…
How to destroy a black hole
Dead Planets Society is back for season two, and our intrepid hosts Chelsea Whyte and Leah…
A surprisingly enormous black hole has been found in our galaxy
This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion…
We live in a cosmic void so empty that it breaks the laws of cosmology
ryan wills; Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images EVER feel like you are stuck in a hole? Newsflash: you…