Primordial black holes older than the big bang could rewrite cosmology by providing evidence for a…
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Astronauts could mine drinking water from glass beads on the moon
Glass beads created by meteoroid impacts on the lunar surface should contain enough water for future…
How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up tonight
Tonight, after sunset, it will be possible to see three planets line up with the crescent…
How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up in the sky
Just after sunset on 24 March, it will be possible to see three planets line up…
Fissures on ocean moons may be too rare to provide conditions for life
Fractures on the seafloors of Europa and Enceladus are thought to provide energy and nutrients crucial…
Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain one of the building blocks of RNA
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft brought back samples from Ryugu in 2020, and an analysis of a…
Asteroids that speed up unexpectedly may be ‘dark comets’ in disguise
Some asteroids appear to accelerate in ways that can’t be accounted for by gravity, suggesting they…
Spring equinox 2023: Why day and night aren't actually equal in length
The 2023 vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere occurs on 20 March, but it’s not strictly…
Quantum effects could be key to the chemistry of life on Titan
Saturn’s moon Titan is too cold for many types of chemical reactions, but quantum tunnelling could…
NASA unveils new spacesuit for Artemis moon mission astronauts
A spacesuit designed for the Artemis moon missions is much lighter than those worn by the…