Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1,…
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In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body…
All systems are “go” for tonight’s launch of China’s next step in a carefully planned lunar exploration program. Placed on…
Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the…
South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has made it clear that “loadshedding” – rolling scheduled power cuts – isn’t going to end…
On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was…
How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had…