Mars could have had an ancient ocean in its northern hemisphere, and a large raft of…
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Interstellar comet Borisov came from a cold and distant home star
The interstellar comet Borisov, which flew past Earth in December, is full of carbon monoxide ice…
Asteroid Arrokoth may have broken its neck in 6400 km per hour impact
Arrokoth, a strange two-lobed space rock, was hit by another rock at some point – the…
The orbit of a star near our galaxy’s black hole proves Einstein right
A star that swoops close to the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a strange, looping…
Long space flights can increase the volume of astronauts’ brains
Spending at least six months in microgravity can cause astronauts’ brain volumes to increase, causing pressure…
Astronomers have spotted the most powerful supernova ever
An explosion 4.6 billion light-years away has released 10 times more energy than the sun will…
Vast worlds called brown dwarfs have extraordinarily powerful winds
Brown dwarfs, which are halfway between huge planets and small stars, have extremely powerful winds whipping…
Monster rocky exoplanet could let us glimpse the heart of Jupiter
An enormous rocky planet orbiting a distant star may be a gas giant that has had…
Rockets armed with talcum powder could stop deadly space junk
Thousands of dead satellites and chunks of debris in orbit are a threat to active satellites,…
We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time
Strange particles observed by an experiment in Antarctica could be evidence of an alternative reality where…