A huge survey of the universe has been able to peer back into the deep past,…
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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS
A radiation-absorbing fungus discovered in Chernobyl blocked harmful cosmic rays on the International Space Station and…
A giant impact may have caused cracks all over Jupiter's moon Ganymede
New analysis of images of cracks on Ganymede indicate that they cover most of the surface…
China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission
China is launching its first solo interplanetary mission, called Tianwen-1, to Mars on 23 July. If…
Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago
Craters on the moon show it was probably bombarded with asteroids about 800 million years ago,…
The universe may be full of enormous clusters of tiny black holes
If tiny black holes born at the beginning of the universe survived to the present day,…
Dozens of active volcano sites spotted on Venus for the first time
We know Venus had many active volcanoes in the past, but now researchers have identified 37…
Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope delayed again due to covid-19
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed from March 2021 to October…
Closest images ever taken of the sun show 'campfires' near its surface
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured the closest ever images of the sun,…
The United Arab Emirates is launching its first mission to Mars
A summer of many Mars missions is about to began as the United Arab Emirates prepares…