Comets may be a key source for the building blocks of life, but the only planetary…
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JWST has taken an astonishing image of a baby star with powerful jets
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s image of Herbig-Haro 211 ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tom Ray This newborn…
Data leak means anyone can see when astronauts urinate on the ISS
The toilet on the International Space Station European Space Agency Anyone with access to the internet…
Dark stars: Have we finally found a weird sun powered by dark matter?
IN THE early days – and we are talking very early, not long after the big…
Eris and Makemake might be hiding unexpected oceans of liquid water
An artist’s illustration of Makemake NASA, ESA, and A. Parker Icy rocks in the outer solar…
NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal asteroid may reveal how Earth formed
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Psyche spacecraft NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA is preparing to…
Green comet Nishimura is about to disappear for 400 years – here’s how to see it before it goes
Comet Nishimura as seen in L’Aquila, Italy, on 8 September Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Getty Images The comet…
Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbon necessary for life
Artist’s impression of Europa (foreground) with Jupiter to the right and the moon Io in the…
We can only predict star motion in the Milky Way’s heart for 462 years
The centre of the Milky Way is surprisingly chaotic Guillem Lopez Borras/Alamy Near the centre of…
OSIRIS-REx is about to fling samples of the asteroid Bennu at Earth
Illustration of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule passing through Earth’s atmosphere NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/CI…