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Legal action could be used to stop Starlink affecting telescope images
A group of astronomers has called for legal action to stop the launch of thousands of…
Weird clumps of air that disrupt radio signals found on Mars
In our atmosphere, strange dense patches of charged air sometimes bounce radio waves around and disrupt…
A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright
Astronomers have spotted a star that is exploding with a brightness 100 times less than expected…
Two stars with an odd wobble are stretching space and time around them
Einstein’s theory of relativity predicts that fast-spinning objects stretch space and time around them, and we’ve…
The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface
The best picture of the sun is more than five times more detailed than the previous…
Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery
How can we get a picture of the whole Milky Way if we are inside it?…
Solar Orbiter will give us our best views of the sun’s top and bottom
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, set to launch on 7 February, will give us our first clear…
Mysteriously bright supernova may have smashed up a huge gas cloud
A strange supernova that’s 100 times brighter than it should be has long been a mystery,…
Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth
When asteroid Armageddon is upon us, we can’t just call Bruce Willis. Meet the people who…