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Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colossal asteroid strike
A view of two large canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger basin NASASVSErnie T.…
How to spot Bode’s galaxy this month
M81 or Bode’s galaxy Alf Jacob Nilsen/Alamy There is something about seeing our home from a…
These interstellar spaceship designs are wildly impractical
While researching Starbound, my new book on the realities of interstellar travel, I was often surprised…
Why we must investigate Phobos, the solar system’s strangest object
Walter Myers/Science Photo Library Next to Earth, Mars may be the most-studied world in our solar…
Most detailed survey of spaceborne particles yet opens new mysteries
The AMS particle detector on the International Space Station NASA An 11-year-long survey of the particles…
Building-sized asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Illustration of an asteroid near Earth 2022 Hamara/Shutterstock An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has…
Habitable planets could have formed at the dawn of the universe
Illustration of an exoplanet in the early universe Darryl Fonseka/Alamy Conditions in the early universe might…
The physicist trying to build humanity’s lunar future with moon dirt
Any astronauts reaching the surface of the moon will be greeted first by a plume of…
Incredible images show the moment SpaceX’s Starship exploded
Starship flight test 7 goes through “rapid unscheduled disassembly” James Temple Photography These eerie images of…