NASA’s Perseverance rover, the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith NASA/JPL-Caltech On…
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More than 100 moons were discovered in our own solar system in 2025
Uranus’s new moon, S/2025 U1, was spotted using the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. El Moutamid…
Europa’s thick ice may hinder the search for life in its oceans
Europa has a vast, salty ocean covered by a thick shell of ice Claudio Caridi /…
The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life
The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But…
Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan The search for life beyond our solar…
Black hole stars really do exist in the early universe
Balls of gas with a black hole at their centre could glow like a star Shutterstock…
Putting data centres in space isn’t going to happen any time soon
Starcloud wants to build a data centre satellite that is 4 kilometres by 4 kilometres Starcloud…
Chance of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025
Illustration of an asteroid passing nearby the moon MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The chances of a…
Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery
A composite image of the dust belt around Fomalhaut (obscured in the middle). In the inset,…
Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation
An artist’s impression of PSR J2322-2650b NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Astronomers have found what…