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What we learned from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the huge plume…
What is the Venus-Jupiter conjunction and how can you view it?
The solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, and its brightest planet, Venus, will appear to touch in…
Northern lights: The best pictures of the aurora taken across the UK
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are usually seen near the Arctic – but solar activity…
SpaceX launches Starlink V2 satellites to increase internet capacity
A new generation of Starlink’s internet satellites will orbit at low altitudes and eventually re-enter Earth’s…
How to see the northern lights in the UK tonight
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were seen as far south as Cornwall in the UK…
SpaceX launch scrapped at last minute leaving NASA astronauts grounded
Four NASA astronauts were scheduled to set off for the International Space Station this morning on…
Stunning nighttime views from Europe's first dark sky sanctuary
An island off the coast of north Wales has become the first place in Europe to…
Welsh island Ynys Enlli becomes Europe's first dark sky sanctuary
Ynys Enlli, located 3 kilometres off the coast of Wales and also known as Bardsey Island,…
Huge young galaxies seen by JWST may upend our models of the universe
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope seem far too massive to have formed so…