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NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the first time
The powerful Space Launch System rocket has finally launched. It took off from Cape Canaveral this…
How to tell the difference between a regular black hole and a wormhole
Physicists have worked out how to see whether a black hole is actually a wormhole that…
Secretive US space plane X-37B lands after record 908 days in orbit
The X-37B has returned to Earth after more than two years in orbit, breaking its previous…
Caroline Herschel's pioneering astronomy is brought into the spotlight
Herschel’s discovery in the 18th century of 560 missing stars is the focus of new audio-visual…
Voyage to the Edge of Imagination review: A compelling new sci-fi show
A new exhibition at the Science Museum isn’t so much about science fiction, as it is…
Astronomers saw a distant supernova less than 6 hours after it blew up
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a distant star exploding earlier than ever before, allowing astronomers…
How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres
The James Webb Space Telescope can peer into alien skies like never before. With six potentially…
We may finally know how impossible stars at our galaxy's centre formed
The centre of the Milky Way is home to more than 100 young stars that shouldn’t…
Planets around graveyard star were consumed before Earth was even born
A strangely cool star that has been dead for more than 10 billion years contains levels…