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Antimatter stars may lurk in the solar system’s neighbourhood
There have been hints that 14 unlikely and exotic stars made of antimatter, called antistars, could…
Astronauts ride reused SpaceX capsule and rocket for the first time
Astronauts from NASA, the ESA and Japanese space agency JAXA have blasted off to the International…
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has taken its second flight on Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter, which on 19 April became the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars,…
Sun-like stars spotted ejecting huge bursts of matter into space
Several sun-like stars have been observed ejecting huge bursts of particles into space, which might help…
Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller
Netflix ‘s Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, tells the…
NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time
The MOXIE experiment, which flew with NASA’s Perseverance rover to Mars, has turned some of the…
Intergalactic review: A promising prison-break drama set in 2143
Intergalactic, a new show on Sky and streaming service NOW, follows a group who commandeer a…
Did you know? Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive
Unaware of the effects of radioactivity on the body, Curie and her husband would regularly handle…
Did you know? There is a scientific paper written on belly button lint
Chemist Georg Steinhauser collected pieces of belly-button fluff from his navel, recording their colour and weight …