VIPER won’t go to the moon after all NASA A fully constructed rover that was due…
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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…
Deep pit on moon may be entrance to cave that could act as lunar base
An illustration of the proposed below-ground shape of Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the lunar surface Wagner…
Astronauts could drink their own urine with water-recycling spacesuit
Part of the urine collection system Luca Bielski Astronauts on spacewalks may soon be able to…
How tiny black holes would behave inside the sun, Earth – and us
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the…
Get ready to watch a rare explosive star system blaze into life
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center This week we are focusing on what is currently a dark patch…