The search for life on Mars requires complex chemical analysis, which the Curiosity rover has tested…
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Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extreme hibernation
The microscopic organisms have previously survived exposure to the vacuum of space and are able to…
Jupiter's Great Red Spot extends far deeper than we realised
We only had a skin-deep look at Jupiter before the Juno spacecraft began orbiting the planet…
Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?
Blue Origin is one of a number of firms hoping to build a commercial space station,…
Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies
We are sending ever more stuff into space, and now megaconstellations of satellites risk causing light…
How to use Orion to find Canis Major and Canis Minor
The dog constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, seem to run along faithfully behind Orion. Here’s…
Why we need to get serious about solving the space junk problem
The overcrowding of low Earth orbit with commercial satellites is a problem for astronomers and the…
Promising radio signal isn’t aliens, just human-generated interference
The Breakthrough Listen project detected radio waves that seemed to be the best candidate yet for…
Astronomers left puzzled by the dimmest supernova ever seen
The dimmest supernova ever spotted is at least 100 times fainter than a normal explosion of…
Saturn’s moon Titan may be doomed to fly away or smash into the planet
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is slowly migrating away from the planet, which is tilting Saturn onto…