The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been…
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How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters
From the Great Red Spot to the extreme jet stream, Jupiter’s weather is intense, but that’s…
When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lunar occultation
Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November…
When to see Venus disappear behind the moon this Thursday
Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November…
Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two touching rocks
When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, it found an unexpected satellite – but…
Can we smash together all of the asteroids to build a new planet?
The asteroid belt is messy and sometimes a threat to our solar system’s planets, so on…
Euclid space telescope releases its first stunning full-colour images
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has released five of its first science images, including…
The sun is smaller than we thought it was
Measurements of sound waves passing through the sun seem to confirm that it isn’t as big…
Lucy spacecraft found another asteroid behind the asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past its first asteroid, Dinkinesh, on 1 November, and the first images…
Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth
The Mars Sample Return mission aims to retrieve samples of Martian rock and soil to look…