A new generation of Starlink’s internet satellites will orbit at low altitudes and eventually re-enter Earth’s…
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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…
Mars rover sensors may not be sensitive enough to find signs of life
While testing Mars rover sensors in the Atacama desert, researchers inadvertently found a variety of unclassifiable…
A weird comet is travelling through space with a dust blob it made
Comet 108P/Ciffreo was spotted in 1985 hurtling through space alongside a strange blob of dust, and…
The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology
Astronaut Cady Coleman playing duets with her Earth-bound son is among the moving and candid moments…
Dark energy may have been hiding in the cores of black holes all along
Observations of galaxy growth can be explained by proposing that the black holes at their centre…