Most pulsars rotate once every couple of seconds, but one pulsar completes a revolution just once…
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NASA awards $2 million to advance rainbow-coloured solar sail project
As part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, NASA has given a major award to a…
Bricks made of dust from the Moon and Mars could make space buildings
Baking a mixture of saltwater and materials that mimic dust from the moon or Mars at…
One in every 50 planets may have been stolen from other stars
Planets can be snatched from one solar system by another in the early lives of stars…
Astronomers question if the first picture of a black hole is accurate
The Event Horizon Telescope’s first image of a black hole showed a distinctive ring feature, but…
Watch out for comet SW3, which might cause a meteor shower in late May
Here’s hoping that a meteor shower predicted by astronomers for almost a century will be seen…
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…