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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished
It all started with an overheard conversation between some camel herders. The year was 1916, and…
The best space pictures of 2025, from supernovae to moon landings
The supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5 as seen by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope ESO/P.…
Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?
NASA’s Perseverance rover, the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith NASA/JPL-Caltech On…
More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025
Uranus’s new moon, S/2025 U1, was spotted using the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. El Moutamid…
Europa’s thick ice may hinder the search for life in its oceans
Europa has a vast, salty ocean covered by a thick shell of ice Claudio Caridi /…
The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life
The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But…
Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan The search for life beyond our solar…
Black hole stars really do exist in the early universe
Balls of gas with a black hole at their centre could glow like a star Shutterstock…
Putting data centres in space isn’t going to happen any time soon
Starcloud wants to build a data centre satellite that is 4 kilometres by 4 kilometres Starcloud…