On Monday, China launched its Long March-5B rocket to carry the final module to the Tiangong…
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A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of iron crystals
X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange material…
Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded galaxy
Cosmic neutrinos are tough to track – it has only been done once before – but…
How to spot the Hyades, the closest star cluster to Earth
This is the time of year to spot the Hyades, named for weeping nymphs from Greek…
Crooked star clusters may be a sign that Einstein’s gravity is wrong
Astronomers have found an unexpected asymmetry in stars escaping from their clusters, and it cannot be…
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket just launched two Space Force satellites
After a long hiatus, SpaceX’s enormous Falcon Heavy rocket has launched for the fourth time, carrying…
Gravitational waves could reveal the existence of quark matter
Two neutron stars smashing together may produce a form of matter not seen before. If that…
An incredibly bright star has lost its gas and is just a leftover core
One of the brightest stars we see in the night sky has lost its outer layers…
JWST finds ancient galaxy may actually be two galaxies merging
The James Webb Space Telescope has cast its eye on one of the oldest known galaxies,…
Meteorite impacts show Mars’s crust is denser than we thought
Shock waves from two meteorites hitting Mars moved faster than expected, hinting they came through dense…