We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid…
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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour…
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SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium
“Space regulations don’t cover the new problems emerging – interference with astronomical observations, risk of collision…
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Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it
On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a…
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Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space. A new study could finally explain them
Inspired by a previous study on a white dwarf pulsar, we modelled GPM J1839-10 as a…
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Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
Gamwell sees echoes of Mitchell’s dark stars, for instance, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A…
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What was the ‘Christmas Star’? Astronomy might hold the answer
In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing…
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10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come
Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of…
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The most powerful tool in an astronomer’s arsenal is a lens – but not the kind you might think
Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most…
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Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?
You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron…
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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic…
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A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when…
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Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms
“Basically what you do is you set up a bunch of particles that represent things like…
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The truth about life on other planets – and what it means for humans
3 days ago Pallab Ghosh BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds There are some…
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Scientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life on distant planet
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be…
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Pre-Historic Technology in Egypt Left by Unknown Civilization
The concept of an advanced pre-Egyptian civilization, existing before the well-documented dynastic periods of ancient Egypt,…
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Pre-Egyptian Megastructure Built BEFORE The Great Flood
The concept of an advanced pre-Egyptian civilization, existing before the well-documented dynastic periods of ancient Egypt,…
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You’ve heard of the Big Bang. Now astronomers have discovered the Big Wheel – here’s why it’s significant
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in…
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Isidore of Seville: the patron saint of the internet who shaped knowledge for generations
In a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was…
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Follow the sun: Nasa spacecraft completes successful fly by
NASA has made history by flying a spacecraft closer to the Sun than any other manmade…
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Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find
Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one colour (black) and one shape…
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Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is…
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Two comets will be visible in the night skies this month
Or no time at all. ’Oumuamua, the odd little object that visited our solar system in…
