Mars has a surprisingly large influence on Earth’s climate NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Compared with Earth,…
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New Scientist recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale
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SpaceX’s Starlink dodged 300,000 satellite collisions in 2025
A long-exposure photograph in the northern hemisphere showing satellites in the night sky Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images…
Satellites could use magnetic fields to avoid collisions
There may be a new way to control satellites in space Mike_shots/Shutterstock It may be possible…
Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean
Mars was once much wetter NASA/USGS Geological features on Mars suggest the planet once boasted rivers…
Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
The first few exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990s. But it wasn’t until the early…
Transient astronomy films the universe’s biggest dramas: Best ideas of the century
Step back 1000 years, look up at the night sky and you might notice some extra…
Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova
An illustration of a failed supernova forming a black hole NASA, ESA, and P. Jeffries (STScI)…
The most important second in the entire history of the universe
Artist’s interpretation of the universe in its first moments ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Stock Photo The…
Earliest ever supernova sheds light on the first stars
James Webb Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster containing the SN Eos supernova Astronomers have…