An experiment on the International Space Station suggests early embryo development isn’t affected by the low-gravity,…
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Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a black hole’s birth
Mysterious rhythmic bursts of light from a supernova hint that it has become a compact object…
What time is the partial lunar eclipse of the full moon this weekend?
The full moon on 28 October will have a red tinge for viewers in the UK,…
Ice-spewing supervolcano may have been found on Pluto
Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent…
What would it take to make the most inhospitable planet for life?
Most of the planets discovered in the universe so far would be incredibly hostile for life,…
Oddly bright burst may mean space is more transparent than we thought
A gamma ray burst seen last year was so powerful that cosmologists might have to update…
The moon is 40 million years older than we thought it was
A new look at the age of zircon crystals in a lunar rock sample brought back…
Orionids: How to see the Halley’s comet meteor shower this weekend
The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes…
How to see the Orionid meteor shower in October and November
The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes…
A blast of radio waves hit Earth after travelling for 8 billion years
A huge burst of energy that has been travelling for more than half the age of…