Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system’s central star, the Sun, are just a few of the…
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In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of international scientists has announced the discovery…
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where…
NASA’s DART mission – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was humanity’s first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft…
NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains…
Using radar, a NASA spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence of caves beneath the lunar surface. Here’s why such geological…
When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food…
NASA’s missions are some of the most technologically advanced and critically important endeavours. From the Mars Rover explorations to the…
Astronauts often report that the joy of eating is lost in space. Food that tastes fabulous on Earth may become bland…
Black holes are remarkable astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them. The most gigantic ones,…