Seeing Saturn’s rings through a telescope can be an awe-inspiring experience. Now is a great time…
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Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth
The Curiosity rover has discovered hexagonal patterns in ancient mud on the Red Planet, which hints…
Brown dwarf is locked in a destructive 2-hour orbit with a tiny star
A “failed star” known as a brown dwarf is orbiting so tightly with a small star…
What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?
Asteroids are far weirder than we had imagined – landing on one wouldn’t go as you…
The Ring Nebula glows green in a stunning new JWST image
A new image of the Ring Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing its…
Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light coming from the sun
Extraordinarily high-energy gamma rays have been found emanating from the sun, and none of our theoretical…
Does space-time remember? The search for gravitational memory
Detecting the permanent imprints left by colliding black holes would reveal a universe saturated with infinite…
NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2 after losing it for a week
After accidentally turning the Voyager 2 spacecraft away from Earth and losing contact with it, NASA…
Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?
Could we bore a hole through the centre of Earth? What would it be like to…
Our solar system might be 1.1 million years older than we thought
A new analysis of small flecks in meteorites calculates the age of the solar system as…