SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launch, planned for 15 September, will mark the first time a flight into orbit…
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Astronauts could use their blood and urine to make Martian concrete
Mixing materials extracted from their own blood and urine with native Martian soil could let astronauts…
Planet-eating stars can be identified by their telltale chemistry
Stars that have eaten their planets aren’t promising places to look for alien life, and now…
Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure
Black holes were once thought not to have pressure, but a new set of quantum calculations…
We have spotted a new kind of supernova triggered by cosmic collisions
When a neutron star or a black hole ploughs through a massive star, it can force…
Should we ban space weapons to stop the huge space junk problem?
A group of experts are calling for a ban on anti-satellite weapons tests because the debris…
Now is the perfect time to spot Neptune and Uranus
It will soon be a good time to spot Neptune and Uranus, thanks to opportune positions…
Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves
Perhaps the most important problem in physics is how gravity and quantum mechanics fit together, and…
The history of the Large Magellanic Cloud has been mapped in detail
Astronomers have mapped the history of one of the nearest galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, in…
Martian cave entrances may offer a life-friendly radiation shield
The surface of Mars is bombarded with far more dangerous radiation than Earth, but the area…