The Martian surface is criss-crossed by little whirlwinds that swirl through its thin atmosphere. Their tracks…
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The sky-measuring trick that every stargazer should know
There’s a no-nonsense technique for navigating between stars and constellations and all it requires is putting…
We don’t know whose rocket is about to hit the moon – that’s a problem
An old rocket will slam into the far side of the moon on 4 March and…
Let’s hear it for the space Cinderellas – Earth-observing satellites
We celebrate probes that look out at the universe, but rarely give a thought to the…
Astronomers have found two unexpectedly hot stars covered in ash
An unusual pair of stars may have been formed in a rare type of stellar merger…
SpaceX is planning its highest Dragon flight yet with a private crew
Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who flew to orbit aboard a SpaceX craft in September 2021, has purchased…
James Webb Space Telescope just sent back its first image – of itself
NASA engineers working to align the 18 hexagonal mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope have…
Huge nuclear explosion in space is so rare we may never see one again
Astronomers say a “hyperburst” nuclear explosion within a neutron star could explain its strange behaviour –…
First hints of a planet orbiting in a white dwarf’s habitable zone
Astronomers have found 65 evenly spaced rocks orbiting a white dwarf star in its habitable zone,…
Tiny exoplanet Proxima d is third spotted in nearest star system to us
A star system just 4.2 light years away called Proxima Centauri is already known to contain…