The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras Naeblys/Alamy There was a…
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CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines
Researchers test a chest compression machine on a dummy in an aeroplane CNES Microgravity makes it…
Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?
“In 2050 … the first 100 m-diameter telescope took shape in a crater on the lunar…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight
A SpaceX Starship rocket launches in its tenth flight test from Launch Complex 1 at Starbase,…
Space weather expert Tamitha Skov explains why auroras have been so unusual this solar cycle
Unexpectedly bright northern lights illuminated UK skies in 2024 John Hayward/SWNS If you’re a fan of…
JWST gets a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Infrared images of 3I/ATLAS captured by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/James Webb Space Telescope The…
There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system
Are there unseen planets in our solar system? Peter Jurik/Alamy Somewhere at the edge of the…
Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old
The icy dwarf planet Ceres may once have been habitable NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) The dwarf…
New moon discovered orbiting Uranus is its smallest one
Astronomers have found a new moon nested among the 28 others near Uranus NASA, ESA, CSA,…
Oldest fast radio burst ever seen sheds light on early star formation
Magnetars, which are a kind of neutron star, may be the source of fast radio bursts…