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Dark energy is not what we thought – and that may transform the cosmos
Star trails over the Mayall Telescope in Arizona, which houses the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Luke…
Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality?
Getty images/Shutterstock String theory is the best candidate we have for a theory of everything. Bend…
Euclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop
A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescope ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C.…
Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists
The NWA 15915 meteorite was discovered in 2023 Steve Jurvetson/CC BY 2.0 Misfit meteorites that don’t…
New evidence microbes played a role in mysterious markings on Mars
The Bright Angel area where an intriguing Martian rock was discovered NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists are narrowing down…
Best ever map of early universe is double-edged sword for cosmologists
A new image of the cosmic microwave background radiation for part of the sky – the…
Dust devils on Mars produce lightning-like zaps of electricity
Dust storms on Mars are electric MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Electrified whirlwinds on Mars can produce…
Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why
A fracture on Mars’s surface, taken in January 2018 by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express…
How a start-up plans to mine the moon for a rare form of helium
Artist’s impression of a future Interlune moon mining mission Interlune A space start-up will launch a…