Astronomers baffled by bizarre ‘zombie star’ that shouldn’t exist

Artist’s impression of ASKAP J1839-0756, a neutron star emitting beams of radio waves from its magnetic…

SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon

An artist’s impression of Blue Ghost landing on the moon Firefly Aerospace Two private spacecraft aiming…

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

The structure of Mars’s core could solve some mysteries about the Red Planet Shutterstock/AlexLMX Mars may…

A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat

Artist’s depiction of a white dwarf orbiting the supermassive black hole 1ES 1927+654 Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State…

The space physicist on a mission to discover why Mercury has shrunk

As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn’t always make…

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile…

Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers

An artist’s impression of the space junk orbiting Earth Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy The rising threat…

BepiColombo snaps Mercury’s dark craters and volcanic plains

The division between light and dark over the north pole of Mercury, viewed from the BepiColombo…

SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight

The Starship rocket in December 2024 being prepared for its seventh flight SpaceX SpaceX’s next Starship…

New Glenn launch: Blue Origin’s reusable rocket set for maiden flight

New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin Blue Origin, the space…