This relatively small solar flare from October – the bright flash in the centre spotted by…
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Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before
Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe In less than two weeks, a spacecraft…
Earth may have had its water delivered by a vast cloud of vapour
The sun may have created a cloud of water gas by vaporising asteroids ESA/Hubble Copyright: NASA,…
Space was for sale in 2024 as private missions led by Elon Musk boomed
Jared Isaacman partially exited a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft in September SpaceX Private companies reached several…
‘A City on Mars’ authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on whether we can and should settle space
The New Scientist Book Club has been reading Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s A City on Mars,…
How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all
“The zip line played a pivotal role in democratising space” Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library/Alamy Even…
A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over Siberia
An image from a webcam showing the asteroid burning up in the atmosphere above Siberia LenskLR/YouTube…
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…