The James Webb Space Telescope has found the most distant galaxy cluster ever seen, at 30…
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What was the universe's first second like? These particles can tell us
If we could detect them, cosmic neutrinos would paint a picture of the universe in the…
My plan to spot neutrinos from the big bang would transform cosmology
If we could detect them, cosmic neutrinos would paint a picture of the universe in the…
Amazing images of Mars’s moon Deimos snapped by Emirates Mars Mission
The Hope orbiter got closer to Mars’s moons Deimos and Phobos than any probe before, collecting…
SpaceX's efforts to make satellites less bright aren't working well
Megaconstellations of satellites are a problem for astronomy, and while SpaceX has made several attempts to…
Martian base on Earth set to host first ‘astronauts’
Four people will soon move into the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM) base…
How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend
You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the…
Weird dark matter waves seem to warp the light from distant galaxies
Ultralight dark matter particles that behave like waves, called axions, seem to be a better match…
SpaceX’s enormous Starship rocket finally launched – and then exploded
The launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the biggest and most powerful to ever fly, didn’t quite…
Jupiter-like world breaks record for heaviest element on an exoplanet
The element samarium has been spotted in the atmosphere of a planet called MASCARA-4b, breaking the…