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Tiny dwarf galaxy might house a supermassive black hole
The Large Magellanic Cloud may have its own supermassive black hole Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via…
Maybe NASA’s SLS should be cancelled – but not by Elon Musk
The Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2022 NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA’s enormous…
There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
Artist’s impression of an asteroid nearing the moon NASA/JPL-Caltech Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential…
Distant exoplanet may be the most volcanic world ever found
Illustration of the volcanic exoplanet L 98-59 b NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An alien world…
How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system
What can extraterrestrial stones reveal? Shutterstock/Swill Klitch The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad…
Would we recognise alien intelligence, asks Adrian Tchaikovsky novel
What might be lurking on the surface of the unusual moon Shroud? Shutterstock/Iurii ShroudAdrian Tchaikovsky (Tor)…
Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring
The closest ever Einstein ring, picked up by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope ESA…
Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe
Artist’s illustration of the large-scale structure of the universe Science Photo Library/Alamy Astronomers have found the…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 – how worried should we be?
Asteroids have the potential for widespread destruction muratart/Shutterstock Telescopes around the world are currently trained on…