A spacecraft designed to study the sun up close has entered its upper atmosphere for the…
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Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon cooled faster than we thought
A rock sample collected from the moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 has been…
We’ve seen our galaxy’s huge black hole more clearly than ever before
Astronomers have observed Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy…
A pair of pulsars in a tight embrace have proved Einstein right again
After monitoring a pair of pulsars in tight orbit around one another for 16 years, astronomers…
Baffling 'space cow' explosion was probably a failed supernova
A mysterious space explosion dubbed “the Cow” was far brighter and faster than a typical supernova,…
Monster cloud of plasma spotted spewing out of a distant star
A coronal mass ejection from the star EK Draconis was 10 times larger than any we…
High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts
Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to…
The James Webb Space Telescope is expensive, but it should be worth it
It may be extremely late and over-budget, but the James Webb Space Telescope promises to show…
An unexpected giant planet is orbiting a massive pair of stars
We thought that planets couldn’t form around stars with more than three times the mass of…
NASA is launching X-ray telescope to study the science of black holes
NASA and the Italian Space Agency are launching the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer space telescope to…