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How to spot rare and beautiful noctilucent clouds
There are two things you usually need for stargazing: dark skies and clear skies. But if…
Active lava flows on Venus raise the stakes for future exploration
The Sif Mons area with the active volcanic region highlighted in red IRSPS – Università d'Annunzio:…
Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns
Primordial black holes could take on intricate orbits inside the sun and similar stars Vitorio A.…
Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet
Illustration of the exoplanet Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star 40 light…
Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope
Euclid’s image of the star-forming region Messier 78 Messier 78 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C.…
Source of the sun’s magnetic field may hide right under its surface
An illustration of the sun’s magnetic field NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL The sun’s magnetic field may not be as…
Why are there so many rogue planets and what do they look like?
Most rogue planets are likely to be frozen worlds Shutterstock/Artsiom P Imagine a world where it…
Einstein was right about the way matter plunges into black holes
We’ve seen the waterfall of matter plunging into a black hole Buradaki / Alamy Stock Photo…
Gravitational waves: We are about to hear echoes in the fabric of space for the first time
Did you hear the one about the star that died twice? In 2014, astronomers saw the…