The cosmos is stranger than we ever imagined and new bubbles of space-time may pop up…
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is healthy despite looking like it’s dying
The Red Spot on Jupiter seems to be breaking apart, but a computer model suggests the…
Huge Earth-like worlds could host reservoirs of water deep underground
Minerals containing water can exist at much higher pressures than we knew, so they could be…
See Venus and Jupiter next to each other in the sky this week
Two of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, are in conjuction this week, meaning they appear…
We’ve found the missing neutron star at the centre of a supernova
In 1987, a huge nearby supernova stunned astronomers. The explosion should have left behind a neutron…
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are interfering with astronomy again
The second batch of Starlink satellites, launched last week by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are interfering with…
Massive simulation of the universe shows how galaxies form and die
A sophisticated computer simulation of the universe, approximately 1 billion light years across, is modelling tens…
We have the first full map of the weird surface features of Titan
Astronomers have used data from the Cassini spacecraft to build a full map of Titan’s geological…
Zero gravity made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards
Spending time in zero gravity can reverse the flow of a person’s blood and lead to…
Low gravity in space made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards
Spending time in microgravity can reverse the flow of a person’s blood and lead to clots,…