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?

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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…

Jupiter’s moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years

Io, Jupiter’s innermost moon, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system Joshimer Binas/Alamy…

Lyrid meteor shower 2024: How to see the Lyrids this April and when do they peak?

Shutterstock/Ingo Bartussek One of the meteor showers I look forward to every year is the Lyrids,…