An artist’s impression of the Athena spacecraft on the moon NASA A private space mission will…
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Huge thunderstorm on Jupiter captured in best detail ever seen
A 3400-kilometre-wide thunderstorm on Jupiter Shawn R. Brueshaber et al. 2025 A thunderstorm that raged in…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will now almost certainly miss Earth in 2032
Astronomers have raced to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan…
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Odds of collision with Earth in 2032 have fallen again
An artist’s impression of what asteroid 2024 YR4 could look like as it approaches Earth in…
WOH G64: Gigantic star has gone through a rapid transformation and may explode
An artist’s impression of the star WOH G64 ESO/L. Calçada One of the largest stars in…
Jonathan McDowell: tracking commercial companies’ space operations is more difficult than spy organisations
Jonathan McDowell has been a load-bearing part of the world’s spaceflight knowledge for more than four…
When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
Many millions of years after the big bang, a point of light arose in a dark…
Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of a distant planet
The three layers of the atmosphere of the gas giant Tylos ESO/M. Kornmesser The atmosphere of…
When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang
NASA/Adboe Stock/ Ryan Wills Our universe is expanding, so it must have been smaller in the…
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Odds of collision with Earth in 2032 have reached new high
An artist’s impression of what asteroid 2024 YR4 could look like as it approaches Earth in…