The Ingenuity Mars helicopter, the predecessor to Chopper NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is working on plans to send…
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Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloud ESO A complex form of…
A supernova may have cleaned up our solar system
When a star goes supernova in a giant explosion, it can clear away nearby matter muratart/Shutterstock…
Sky Peals review: Understated sci-fi drama traverses themes of immigration and identity
Umer (Faraz Ayub) wonders if he is not of this world Lisa Stonehouse/Escape Films Sky PealsMoin HussainA BFI Player…
New Scientist recommends Brian Cox’s new series, Solar System
I have to confess, I struggle to watch science documentaries these days – I prefer a…
What does it mean to “look” at a black hole?
A simulation of a black hole Hotaka Shiokawa/EHT General relativity teaches us that reality is, in…
The first brown dwarf ever found was the strangest – now we know why
Congratulations, it’s twins K. Miller, R. Hurt/Caltech/IPAC An odd star that has confused researchers for decades…
First breathtaking images from Euclid telescope’s map of the universe
The interaction between two distant galaxies, captured by Euclid ESA A mosaic of images from the…
Meet NEO Surveyor, NASA’s near-Earth asteroid detector
NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor space telescope is currently under construction at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Now is a great time to see Saturn in all its ringed glory
The planet Saturn photographed with an amateur telescope Grey Zone / Alamy Stock Photo When I…