A pair of satellites launched from China carry detectors for gamma rays and charged particles, which…
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The Milky Way's black hole burped out two colossal X-ray bubbles
Astronomers have found a pair of enormous bubbles of X-rays, above and below the Milky Way,…
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is about to deliver asteroid rocks to Earth
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will drop off samples of dust and rocks from the asteroid…
China's Chang'e 5 is bringing back the first moon rocks in 44 years
The Chinese Chang’e 5 mission has spent two days digging on the moon and is now…
Heat inside Mars may have melted ice and made watery habitats for life
Geothermal energy on Mars may have melted ice below the planet’s surface billions of years ago,…
There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system
Bizarre volcanoes that ooze ice magma or explode like geysers reveal the geological rumblings beneath other…
Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?
Many galaxies seem to have bubbles of dark matter enveloping them, but finding out if every…
Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapses after 57 years
The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed, just weeks after the US National Science…
NASA can't decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear
NASA has partnered with consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble to develop a detergent that can…
Earth’s early atmosphere may have been toxic like the one on Venus
After the moon formed, Earth was probably left with an ocean of molten rock, which may…