The Chang’e 6 lunar probe sits atop its rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in…
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Kill the sun! How wild thought experiments drive scientific discovery
Listen, it’s not that I actually want to kill the sun – I just want to…
Running around a ‘wall of death’ could keep moon settlers fit
A research participant runs around a circular wall with a bungee cord to simulate the reduction…
How could we make a solar eclipse happen every day?
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the…
How India has slowly but surely become a major player in space
India’s space agency has been remarkably successful in recent years, growing the country’s prestige on the…
Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen
Long-exposure photo showing the trail of asteroid 2024 BX1 shortly before impact. The changes in brightness…
Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for mini ones to grow
We may have a clearer understanding of why the accretion disc around large black holes is…
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and…
Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night
The SLIM lander is continuing to snap photos of the moon’s surface JAXA Somehow, Japan’s Smart…
Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems
Space modules must be able to switch orbits in order to explore a solar system Elen…