NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has performed detailed analyses of the asteroid Bennu, which revealed signs of ancient…
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International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans
This spectacular image from inside the International Space Station’s observation dome peeks through clouds to reveal…
An Earth-sized rogue planet is roaming the galaxy without a star
Most of the rogue planets we’ve found floating in space without stars have been huge, but…
Nobel prize for physics won by black hole pioneers
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez share the 2020 Nobel prize for physics for their…
Space rock Arrokoth may have been flattened by the heat of the sun
The surface of Arrokoth, an oddly flat body on the edge of the solar system, may…
11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world
All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand…
11 of the best science fiction books of all time for escaping reality
All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand…
NASA may have found signs of life on Venus in 1978 without realising
After the observation of phosphine gas on Venus, which may be a sign of life there,…
Alien life may exist on Venus but intelligence could be harder to find
Phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere could be a sign of alien microbes, but we will probably never…
To understand signs of life on Venus we must do chemistry on Earth
The hunt for potential alien life on Venus will start in labs on Earth to rule…