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X-37B: Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its highest flight yet
X-37B after its sixth mission ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy The US Space Force is preparing to launch…
Roo-ver: Australia’s first moon rover has name chosen in public vote
An early impression of how Roo-ver might look Australian Space Agency It hasn’t been built yet,…
2023 saw thrilling space missions and new cosmic mysteries
SpaceX’s Starship rocket made its first launch attempt in April 2023, but blew up SpaceX The…
Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters
Dust left over from the birth of the solar system is constantly falling to Earth Getty…
Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter
The black streak is the newly discovered Giant Coma Stream, which is ten times as long…
Passing star could fling Earth out past Pluto into the Oort cloud
If another star passed close to our solar system, there is a small chance that Earth…
Andromedids: See a forgotten meteor shower caused by a dead comet this weekend
A colour lithograph from 1877 depicts the Andromedid meteor shower of 1872 Antiqua Print Gallery/Alamy A…
Tiny star found harbouring a huge planet that shouldn’t exist
An artist’s rendering of the view from LHS 3154b towards its tiny host star Penn State…
Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away
The six planets of the HD 110067 system orbit in a regular pattern due to their…