The best measurements yet of the magnetic fields in the upper layers of the sun have…
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What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered
Now that NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars, it will start taking samples and…
NASA's Perseverance rover has landed safely on the surface of Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed, and it will soon start taking dust samples to be returned…
How to find astronomy’s handiest reference point – the ecliptic
Want an easy way to locate the planets or find out where an eclipse is likely…
Juno spacecraft spots meteor fireball lighting up Jupiter’s skies
NASA’s Juno probe, currently circling Jupiter, has spotted what appears to be the fiery blast of…
We have spotted two planets orbiting a backwards-spinning star
In the K2-290 planetary system, 897 light years away, two planets orbit a star in one…
Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?
Avi Loeb suggests ‘Oumuamua could be an alien spacecraft and that the search for extraterrestrial life…
Evidence for a hidden ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Neptune has weakened
Strange clustering of objects in the outer solar system once seemed to point to the existence…
NASA is about to land a helicopter on Mars that might glow in the dark
NASA’s Perseverance rover is due to touch down on Mars on 18 February, and it is…
Young galaxies grow up faster than astronomers previously thought
A young galaxy has the hallmark central bulge and spiral arms of a much older one,…