Large solar flares can put astronauts’ health at risk and damage satellites, but we haven’t had…
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Extreme heat from the sun is baking a thin crust on Mercury’s surface
Mercury’s surface should be powdery like Earth’s moon, but the extreme heat it experiences from being…
The End of Everything review: A rollicking tour of the wildest physics
There are many ways that the universe could come to an end. Katie Mack’s book exploring…
Cosmology's new advances show our voyage of discovery is far from over
An incredible map of the universe and mind-bending revelations about a supermassive black hole are evidence…
The best view of the stars from Earth is on a hill in Antarctica
The best place on Earth from which to look at the night sky is a hill…
NASA has launched its Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter
NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will look for signs of past or present life on Mars and…
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter set to launch
NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will look for signs of past or present life on Mars and…
Katherine Joy: Uncovering the secrets of the moon
Think the moon is grey and boring? Think again. For University of Manchester lunar geologist, Katherine…
Women in space: an interview with Varsha Jain and Libby Jackson
Getting more women into space is essential if we’re ever to run longer missions or even…
Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings
A faint fuzzy glow around the first black hole image last year baffled astronomers. Now we…