The iron core of an asteroid that crashed into the moon 4 billion years ago to…
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A weird star just rapidly dimmed for a few days and we don't know why
A star that’s been totally calm for at least five years just suddenly dimmed by 70…
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World's largest sky survey calls SpaceX Starlink a 'nuisance'
An enormous telescope designed to watch the entire southern sky will have some of its images…
We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own
New experiments are revealing hints of a world and a reality that are complete reflections of…
The planets might control the sun's activity – and it's not astrology
Our sun goes through a cycle of activity every 11 years, and it may be kept…
Astronomy group calls for urgent action on SpaceX Starlink satellites
One of the most important organisations in astronomy has waded into the row about SpaceX’s global…
NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon
Three companies – Orbit Beyond, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines – have been awarded contracts by NASA…
Pluto is coloured red by ammonia spewing from underneath its surface
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has found signatures of ammonia on Pluto, which probably spurted from under…
Don't miss: X-Men antics, hunting dark matter and taking on Glorkon
Watch as X-Men’s Jean Grey turns supermutant, visit a dark matter show that wrestles with reality…