On 2 July, the moon blocked out the sun over areas of Chile and Argentina in…
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The weirdest stars we've ever seen have astronomers utterly baffled
The light from a pair of stars about 360 light years away dimmed and brightened again…
Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think
After the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua flew through our solar system in 2017, some researchers speculated it…
Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life
An exoplanet 22.5 light years away that orbits in a system with three stars has the…
NASA is sending a drone to fly around Titan looking for signs of life
The Dragonfly mission, a quadcopter that will flit around Saturn’s hazy moon Titan to look for…
Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy
For the second time, astronomers have tracked a strange blast of radio waves from space to…
Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time
Our regular column sorting the week’s supernovae from the absolute zeros Click here for…
Unique chance to confirm there is methane – and perhaps life – on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane on Mars, and we may be able to confirm the…
Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a brief burp of methane on Mars, and we may be…
NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to
Most people in the US don’t support going to the moon or Mars, according to a…