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Strange binary star system has three Earth-sized exoplanets
Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets…
Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong
If you watched the live video of billionaire Jason Isaacman popping his head out of a…
Black hole’s jets are so huge that they may shake up cosmology
Illustration of the giant black hole jets known as Porphyrion Caltech A pair of jets blasting…
Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year
Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like the giant Maat Mons,…
Dark matter may allow giant black holes to form in the early universe
The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved…
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration
An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission…
Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prospects for life
The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules that could…
Polaris Dawn latest: SpaceX crew complete first ever ‘stand-up’ civilian spacewalk
Jared Isaacman looks out of the Dragon Capsule’s hatch SpaceX SpaceX made history today as its…
Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover
The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted an aurora on Mars…