An artist’s impression of the Dragonfly rotorcraft on the surface of Titan NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben…
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Big Wheel: Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang
The Big Wheel galaxy formed 2 billion years after the big bang Weichen Wang A newly-discovered…
SpaceX Starlink satellite part hit a Canadian farm when it fell from orbit
An artist’s impression of a Starlink satellite in orbit Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock A fragment of an out-of-control…
NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts
NASA’s headquarters in Washington DC John M. Chase/Getty Images NASA is preparing for substantial budget cuts…
Quartz crystals on Mars could preserve signs of ancient life
The surface of Mars, photographed by NASA’s Perseverance rover NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Pure quartz crystals have been spotted…
Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’ moon Deimos
Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image taken by the Hera spacecraft. Its moon Deimos…
Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined
Saturn now has a total of 274 moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have…
The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft NASA/Goddard/University of…
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
Saturn now has a total of 274 moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have…
Eerie image of a space-bound rocket among photo contest finalists
A Soyuz MS rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Rhiannon Adam This ghostly image of a…