NASA has selected two missions to Venus, called DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to launch between 2028 and…
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Andrea Ghez interview: How I proved supermassive black holes are real
Twenty years ago, Andrea Ghez set out to show there is a black hole at the…
Frank Kameny: Google doodle honours astronomer and gay rights activist
When he was unjustly fired from his job as an astronomer in 1957, Frank Kameny took…
Why there are still huge mysteries in supernova physics
The explosions of supernovae are so powerful they can be seen with the naked eye. The…
Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory
True photographic memory is yet to be proved but some people have a very rare condition…
More people are going to space, but diversity is still grounded
Auctions and competitions are set to open access to space more than ever before, but civilians…
Crewed lunar mission must launch by 2025 to avoid deadly solar storms
Space weather conditions are set to take a turn for the worse midway through the 2020s,…
China's Zhurong Mars rover takes its first photos from the surface
The first images from China’s Zhurong Mars rover show a successful landing on the surface of…
Star cluster lurking in the shadows may help explain galactic mystery
Astronomers haven’t seen many huge stellar gatherings in our galaxy’s inner reaches, but a new study…
Odd radio circle in space may be supermassive black hole merger
Astronomers have detected another mysterious signal called an Odd Radio Circle, one of just 5 ever…