SpaceX’s 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks

SpaceX wants to launch many more satellites Charles Boyer / Alamy Stock Photo Astronomers are scrambling…

Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, with the giant planet behind it in a view from the Cassini-Huygens…

We’ve spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe

This image combines views from the Hubble and Keck II telescopes. A galaxy in the foreground,…

Artists gaze into space in stunning new exhibition

Royal West of England Academy Both artists and astronomers are, in a way, translators. They convert…

Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

Illustration of the exoplanet K2-18b NASA The planet K2-18b, which drew intense speculation last year due…

Spruce trees stumped (sigh) when it comes to predicting eclipses

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Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

An image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarised light, captured by the Event…

Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon

Illustration of dark craters near the moon’s south pole Science Photo Library / Alamy Scientists want…

We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected

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Can we ever know the shape of the universe?

The Carina Nebula viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope NASA/ESA/M. Livio, The Hubble Heritage Team &…