The early universe could be home to huge stars powered by dark matter annihilation instead of…
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India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole
India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon…
Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around the Milky Way
The Magellanic stream is a cloud of dust and gas that wraps around our galaxy. It…
'Superbubbles' of gas around quasars may form thanks to powerful winds
Colossal bubbles of hot gas observed around three distant, supermassive black holes are probably the result…
JWST celebrates first year of science with awesome star-forming image
After a year of producing incredible imagery, the James Webb Space Telescope team has released a…
The 8 most dazzling images from JWST’s first year of science
The James Webb Telescope revealed its first images of deep space on July 12 2022 –…
Meteorite left Earth then landed back down after round trip to space
Most of the meteorites found on Earth come from asteroids, but a few come from other…
There’s a huge radioactive slab of volcanic granite buried on the moon
A block of granite on the far side of the moon used to be the inside…
We must address a key obstacle to our new age of space exploration
Advances in rocket technology are exciting, but we need to investigate how non-terrestrial gravity affects astronauts’…
How to spot Jupiter's icy moons
Jupiter’s Galilean moons are promising places to look for life. Now is a great time to…