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Can Amazon’s soon-to-launch Kuiper satellites rival Musk’s Starlink?
United Launch Alliance is due to send 27 Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit as Amazon…
How long is a day on Uranus? Slightly longer than we thought, it seems
Uranus as seen by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 NASA/JPL-Caltech A day on Uranus just…
Astronomer reviews the sci-fi movies that get creative with physics
Space is a favourite setting for many Hollywood films, but just how accurate are their portrayals?…
We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust
A boot print on the dusty surface of the moon Public domain sourced / access rights…
NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more
NASA funding cuts are already affecting research and educational programs across the US DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock NASA has…
Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole
An observer hiding inside a black hole can eavesdrop on quantum objects outside it van van/Shutterstock…
Watch the partial solar eclipse from London’s Royal Observatory
By David Stock On 29 March, a partial solar eclipse will pass over Canada and parts…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal
There is a small chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon ESA/NASA For a brief…
Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'
Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are…