Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) as seen from the Canary Islands on 30 September CARLOS DE SAA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock…
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Space may be filled with more antimatter than we can explain
The International Space Station with the particle-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 visible at centre left NASA The…
Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids
Samples from asteroid Ryugu JAXA Future astronauts could eat a nutritionally perfect diet made from bacteria…
A dramatic return from space in Kazakhstan
You could be forgiven for thinking that this dramatic image is a still from a forthcoming…
New Scientist recommends astronomy exhibition Borrowed Light in Berlin
My recent visit to Berlin for a planetary science conference coincided with Berlin Art Week. The…
Hera mission set to revisit asteroid Didymos after NASA’s DART redirection test
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will study the asteroids Dimorphos aided by two CubeSats called…
Qianfan: China’s answer to SpaceX’s Starlink mega constellation is also threatening astronomy
An artist’s impression of the Qianfan satellite mega constellation CCTV China has begun construction of a…
Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitational wave data
We can detect signals from black holes merging – but could we also pick up traces…
Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets
Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing…
Planet spotted orbiting Barnard’s star just 6 light years away
Artist’s impression of Barnard’s star b, a planet in orbit around Barnard’s star ESO/M. Kornmesser One…