Huge blocks of Venus’s crust appear to be jostling and bumping together similar to continental blocks…
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An enormous ‘mega comet’ is flying into our solar system
Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually…
Pluto is covered in huge red patches and we don't know what they are
Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best…
China is launching the first astronauts to its new space station
The first module of the Chinese Space Station launched in April, and on 17 June it…
China has launched the first astronauts to its new space station
The first module of the Chinese Space Station launched in April, and on 17 June it…
NASA image captures powerful energy at the heart of the Milky Way
Bright threads of energy and gas plumes interweave at the Milky Way’s heart in a new…
Mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse was the result of star ejecting gas
Betelgeuse, usually one of the brightest stars in the sky, dimmed by about 65 per cent…
Enormous strands of galaxies in the cosmic web appear to be spinning
Clusters of galaxies in the universe are connected by colossal filaments that stretch across hundreds of…
Dark matter is slowing down the slab of stars at our galaxy’s centre
At the centre of the Milky Way is an enormous bar of stars from which the…
China's Zhurong Mars rover took a group selfie with its lander
China has released the first batch of science images from its Zhurong Mars rover, following its…