After a weird event dubbed the Great Dimming in 2019, the plasma that makes up Betelgeuse…
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JWST has captured a sparkling galaxy full of intense star formation
The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy has some of the most extraordinary regions of star formation of…
NASA's InSight Mars lander found surprisingly little underground ice
There is plenty of ice and watery minerals underground at the poles of Mars, but NASA’s…
Astronauts could use plasma to make oxygen and fertiliser on Mars
A form of matter called plasma, which contains charged particles, could help break up the Martian…
Faint distant galaxies spotted by JWST may be closer than they appear
Because of a calibration update for one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s main cameras, research…
Physicists work out how many moons Earth could have
Simulations suggest that Earth could theoretically host two more moons the size of the one we’ve…
Interstellar meteorite may be awaiting discovery on the sea floor
A pair of astronomers say that classified US government sensors detected an interstellar meteor hitting Earth…
Mars astronauts would get unsafe radiation doses even with shielding
Simulations show that a 1000-day mission to Mars would expose astronauts to radiation doses above 1…
How to spot the group of stars known as the Teapot
Look out for the Teapot, a group of stars that looks as if it has the…
Shredded dwarf galaxies may lack dark matter to hold them together
Many dwarf galaxies torn up by the gravity of nearby objects may not have any dark…