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New Scientist – Space
Two lunar landers have fallen over – but they’re still doing okay
An image taken by the Odysseus lander moments after it tipped over Intuitive Machines Both of…
Where are all the exomoons? The hunt for worlds orbiting alien planets
YEARS ago, when David Kipping lived in London, he would walk home through the city and…
Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a planet
An artist’s impression of WD 0816-310, where astronomers have found a scar imprinted on its surface…
Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe
Artist’s impression of the quasar that astronomers used to search for early galaxies ESO/M. Kornmesser One…
Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and Uranus
The planets Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) have a few additional moons NASA, ESA, Mark Showalter…
Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as steel
A mimic of Martian soil can be turned into strong fibres. Such a material could be…
Odysseus spacecraft is the first private mission to land on the moon
A picture taken by the Odysseus spacecraft while in orbit around the moon Intuitive Machines Intuitive…
Famous supernova left a blazing hot neutron star at its centre
Researchers have tracked the development of supernova 1987A since the stellar explosion began NASA/STScI/CfA/P.Challis Scientists have…
Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe
Artist’s impression of the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351 ESO/M. Kornmesser A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than…