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Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with…
Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas
Galaxies like Andromeda have a supermassive black hole at the centre NASA/JPL-Caltech Supermassive black holes appear…
Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years
An artist’s impression of the very distant undead galaxy ESO/M. Kornmesser A strange, zombie-like galaxy has…
NASA’s cancelled VIPER moon rover calls 2026 Artemis crewed landing into question
VIPER won’t go to the moon after all NASA A fully constructed rover that was due…
Perseids: How to watch 2024’s spectacular mid-year meteor shower
The 2023 Perseid meteor shower seen over grasslands in China Cynthia Lee/Alamy The Perseid meteor shower…
Saturn’s moon Titan has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans
The north polar region of Titan, imaged using radar signals from the Cassini probe, with hydrocarbon…
A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club
Pluto is a dwarf planet NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute A mathematical formula…
These stunning images made the shortlist for space photo competition
Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the annual photo competition showcasing all things space, is back for…
The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth
We are living in the era of black hole photography. In 2019, the first picture taken…