A strange star system with concentric rings of dust blowing out into space has been imaged…
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Black holes wobbling three times a second have proved Einstein right
A pair of merging black holes show extreme signs of gravity-induced orbital precession, or wobbling, as…
NASA’s DART mission moved an asteroid's orbit by smashing into it
After the Double Asteroid Redirect Test mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it was pushed closer…
Space adverts are now economically viable but potentially dangerous
Falling launch costs for satellites mean space advertising may now make commercial sense, according to a…
Lava erupting on Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is over 1000°C
Astronomers used radio telescopes to estimate the temperature of molten rock on Io, the most volcanically…
Astronomers found a weird asteroid closer to the sun than any other
Scientists have found three strange asteroids that orbit relatively close to the sun – one is…
Watch out for three meteor showers set to occur in October
A triptych of meteor showers will pepper the sky this month: the Draconids, the Orionids and…
JWST and Hubble teamed up to take a stunning image of two galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope observe the universe in different wavelengths,…
Did magnetism shape the universe? An epic experiment suggests it did
The idea that magnetism helped shape the universe has been dismissed by scientists for decades, but…
Photo shows 10,000 km debris tail caused by DART asteroid smash
After NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the debris from the collision was blown…