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Why the next big solar storm might hit Earth without warning
A big solar storm could fry the internet, but at least space weather forecasts would give…
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is ready to launch to the ISS
At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from…
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches to ISS despite thruster issue
At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from…
Pairs of giant planets may make their star systems ultra-habitable
Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter…
What's next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its picture of the Milky Way’s black…
How scientists created the first image of the Milky Way’s black hole
For the first time, we have taken a photograph of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole …
First picture of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole revealed
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released the first picture of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole,…
Mars was wet more recently than we thought, according to Chinese rover
There may have been liquid water on Mars much more recently than we thought, according to…
Aliens could say hello by arranging planets in prime number pattern
A sufficiently advanced alien civilisation would be able to arrange the orbits of the planets in…