Artist’s illustration of the large-scale structure of the universe Science Photo Library/Alamy Astronomers have found the…
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 – how worried should we be?
Asteroids have the potential for widespread destruction muratart/Shutterstock Telescopes around the world are currently trained on…
The Meteorite Hunters review: A thrilling guide to an Indiana Jones-like world
A bolide (bright) meteor, in remote Canada Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy The Meteorite HuntersJoshua Howgego (Oneworld (UK,…
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…