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Neutrinos are mysterious and elusive particles. They have a tiny mass, no electric charge, and they interact with other matter only rarely. They are also extremely common. At any moment,…
Over the next few years, we’ll finally be heading back to the Moon. But with nearly 50 years in between our last Moon jaunt and this one, a lot has…
Another ancient star has been found lurking in the Milky Way. Around 35,000 light-years away, a red giant star named SMSS J160540.18–144323.1 was found to have the lowest iron levels…
To call the Universe vast would be an understatement. It is, as far as we know, without boundary – so big that we don’t even know if it’s finite or…
It was the year 2000, and an ancient meteor was at the end of a very long journey. On a winter’s morning, it exploded in the skies above Canada, raining…
If we’re going to make it out further into the Universe, we need to know more about the long-term effects of living in space. Two studies have now revealed how…
The TRAPPIST-1 system is the most tantalising in our local galactic neighbourhood. It’s just 40 light-years away, with seven rocky exoplanets, three of which are in their star’s habitable zone.…
Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lower orbit around the Earth has become an increasingly congested environment with more than 2,200 satellite launches to date. Those satellites…
A class of stars that jangled out discordant frequencies across the galaxy have just been untangled. Using data collected by NASA’s TESS space telescope, astronomers have finally found a rhythm…
The HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) instrument on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has given us a steady stream of images of the Martian surface. It’s been in orbit around…
A team of US and South African researchers has published highly detailed images of the largest X-shaped “radio galaxy” ever discovered – PKS 2014-55. Notably, they’ve helped resolve ongoing confusion…
When we found what seemed to be liquid water flowing across the surface of Mars in 2015, scientists around the world were itching to test it. There was just one…
What ancient secrets does the pock-marked, crater-covered surface of the Moon hide? A new study suggests giant meteorite smashes played a major role in the process of the Moon’s crust…
There may be multitudes of Earth-like planets sprinkled throughout the Milky Way galaxy, but they are not so easy to find. To date, only around a third of the over…