The BepiColombo mission will pass within about 200 kilometres of the surface of Mercury in October,…
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The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury flyby
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury will pass within about 200 kilometres of the surface of Mercury…
Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery
Uranus and Neptune appear to have less ammonia than expected, but it might have been hidden…
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021
Royal Observatory astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder takes us on a tour of some of the best…
Here are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
These images of the sun, the moon and the planets of the solar system took some…
UK night skies will be among worst hit by satellite megaconstellations
From anywhere on Earth there may soon by hundreds of satellites visible in the night sky…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 ‘dust devils’ on Mars
The Perseverance rover on Mars was hit by 100 dust devils in its first 90 days…
Astronomers may have found a moon orbiting a rogue planet with no star
Exomoons are notoriously hard to spot, but it may be easier around free-floating planets that don’t…
SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur mission into orbit
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launch, planned for 15 September, will mark the first time a flight into orbit…
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…