The space rock that the New Horizons probe visited earlier this year had been nicknamed Ultima…
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Star systems full of planetary smash-ups are bad news for alien life
We’ve seen the remains of a collision between two planets in a distant star system –…
Spaceflight alters heart cells but they quickly recover back on Earth
Spaceflight causes thousands of changes in the ways heart cell genes are expressed, but these revert…
Voyager 2 sent back its first detailed data from interstellar space
Voyager 2 left our solar system in 2018 and has now sent back measurements from interstellar…
Cosmological crisis: We don't know if the universe is round or flat
An analysis of data from the Planck space observatory suggests the universe is spherical, which would…
We've finally figured out what happens when a star explodes
Explosions normally require a build-up of pressure, so how can they occur in the vacuum of…
We’ve found a black hole that may be smaller than any ever seen before
Astronomers have spotted a black hole just 3.3 times the mass of the sun about 10,000…
How to spot Taurus, star clusters and a meteor shower in the night sky
The constellation Taurus is packed with interesting stars. Here’s how to find It, and learn about…
Don't miss: Risky flights, idiotic experiments and the secrets of life
This week, watch as fact and fiction meet above Victorian England, learn about our worst military…
Apollo collection curator on what Neil Armstrong took to the moon
Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo spacecraft collection, on awesome astronauts, her passion for space history…