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Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity
Artist’s impression of a black hole collision that produced GW250114 A. Simonnet/Sonoma State University; LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration;…
A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) review: A new tour of the cosmos paints a wide picture
No tour of the cosmos is complete without a description of black holes MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO…
Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior
A volcanic eruption on Io photographed by the Galileo spacecraft NASA/JPL/DLR Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon…
Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
“Space travel is the setting but not the heart of the Star Trek franchise” … A…
Why did SpaceX just apply to launch 1 million satellites?
A SpaceX satellite launch at Kennedy Space Center, Florida Geopix/Alamy We’re a month into 2026, yet…
A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system
There might be a big clump of dark matter in our galactic neighbourhood Alamy There seems…
The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures
The dark matter distribution observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and by the James Webb…
How to spot the lunar X and V
The lunar X, seen from Tokyo in February 2025 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images/Alamy The…
A Hole in the Sky review: Peter F. Hamilton’s latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw
A Hole in the Sky is told through the eyes of 16-year-old Hazel Adam Serba/Alamy A…