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Biggest comet from outer solar system ever seen is 137 kilometres wide
Astronomers have calculated the size of a ‘mega comet’ originating in the Oort Cloud, a cluster…
First truly isolated black hole detected in interstellar space
Rogue black holes are usually detected by the matter falling into them, but the first truly…
Mars may have been habitable millions of years later than we thought
Analysis of minerals in a Martian meteorite suggest that the planet may have begun to be…
Moons might not form around rocky planets much larger than Earth
Astronomers have found lots of exoplanets but not much evidence of exomoons, and a new model…
We may now know why Uranus and Neptune are different shades of blue
Uranus is pale blue in colour while Neptune is a deeper shade of blue, and an…
Don’t Look Up: Could we save Earth from a comet in just six months?
Astrophysicists calculate that we could use nuclear devices to stop a “planet killer” from colliding with…
Bacteria survive extremes that may have existed in ancient Mars lakes
Microorganisms have adapted to one of the harshest environments on Earth, a sulphurous and acidic lake…
Strange gravitational wave echoes may let us probe dark matter
When gravitational waves pass over massive objects, they should create an echo that could allow us…
Rare intergalactic supernova may have been seen outside the Milky Way
A ring-shaped object 160,000 light years away may be the first intergalactic supernova remnant ever observed …