The Apollo 11 lunar lander and other moon missions left behind some weird stuff, including cannons,…
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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon
Before anyone had been to space, NASA simulated everything that could go possibly wrong – efforts…
Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status
Jodrell Bank Observatory, a world-leading centre for radio astronomy in the UK, has been added to…
Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less
New experiments with ice at very high pressures could force us to rethink our understanding of…
Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'
We haven’t found any moons around exoplanets, which may be because they are flung away and…
A total solar eclipse just passed over Chile and Argentina
On 2 July, the moon blocked out the sun over areas of Chile and Argentina in…
The weirdest stars we've ever seen have astronomers utterly baffled
The light from a pair of stars about 360 light years away dimmed and brightened again…
Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think
After the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua flew through our solar system in 2017, some researchers speculated it…
Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life
An exoplanet 22.5 light years away that orbits in a system with three stars has the…
NASA is sending a drone to fly around Titan looking for signs of life
The Dragonfly mission, a quadcopter that will flit around Saturn’s hazy moon Titan to look for…