An image from a webcam showing the asteroid burning up in the atmosphere above Siberia LenskLR/YouTube…
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An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth’s atmosphere today
Map showing the location where the asteroid will be visible in Siberia ESA A dramatic but…
Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life
Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy There is something strange about Earth. A few billion years ago, a…
Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground
The Acidalia Planitia, the darker region towards the top right of this image of Mars, may…
Life on Mars could be thriving in an area deep underground
The Acidalia Planitia, the darker region towards the top right of this image of Mars, may…
The best new science fiction books of 2024, from Adam Roberts to Rachel Kushner
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Exploding interstellar space rocks could explain mystery radio flashes
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Meteorite crystals show evidence of hot water on ancient Mars
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Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they’re not from space
Bacteria on a sample from the Ryugu asteroid, viewed with an electron microscope Matthew J. Genge…
Lake of Darkness review: This bold, experimental slice of deep-space sci-fi is just brilliant
Something evil may be lurking in a black hole in Adam Roberts’s new novel Liuzishan/Getty Images…