Interstellar space may seem like unbroken nothingness, but thanks partly to the Voyager probes, we’re getting…
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We're hurtling into a new region of interstellar space. What now?
As we speed towards a mysterious new bubble of interstellar space, new insights are revealing its…
Space rock or flashy alien technology? We're going to find out
Science is filled with imagined realities – beliefs that will turn out to be untrue –…
Weird dust ring orbits the sun alongside Mercury and we don't know why
Very little debris should be able to survive for long in the area near Mercury, but…
The First City on Mars review: How to make life on Mars a reality
Living on Mars will take enormous work, but urban planner Justin Hollander is already on the…
Dwarf planet Quaoar has a weirdly big ring of debris encircling it
Quaoar, a dwarf planet in our solar system, has a ring of debris orbiting it that…
Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000
Wormholes, which are strange hypothetical tunnels through space-time, could act as cosmic magnifying glasses for objects…
Sunquakes may be caused by weird beams of electrons from solar flares
Mysterious ripples in the sun’s plasma have gone unexplained for decades, but they may be caused…
How to identify moon craters and mountains on the lunar surface
The moon’s brightness might frustrate some stargazers, but a closer look will reveal some amazing features,…
Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form 'flaming cosmic narwhal'
Six of the most powerful astronomical observatories have captured a stunning image of Abell 2256, which…