The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico detected radio signals similar to the Wow! signal NAIC/Arecibo Observatory/NSF…
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Strange meteorites have been traced to their source craters on Mars
An impact crater on Mars, with darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona…
Lightning can make energy waves that travel shockingly far into space
Lightning can produce special waves of energy RooM the Agency/Alamy An overlooked mechanism lets energy from…
Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right
Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, from the epic battles…
Hellish conditions have warped an Earth-like planet into an egg
Exoplanets that get too close to their parent stars experience harsh conditions Nazarii_Neshcherenskyi/Shutterstock A distant Earth-sized…
We keep finding water on Mars – here are all the places it might be
Martian water may be lurking beneath – or even above – the planet’s surface NASA/JPL/USGS Mars…
The JUICE spacecraft may be visible on a near-Earth flyby next week
The JUICE spacecraft may be visible from South-East Asia during an unprecedented manoeuvre ESA The Jupiter…
Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?
Terraforming Mars would make the planet more like Earth and better able to sustain life as…
A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery
Illustration of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive…
Starliner: Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams on the International Space Station NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore…