Everything in space – from the Earth and Sun to black holes – accounts for just 15% of all matter in…
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The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building…
For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic…
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed to be a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of…
In a new study published today in Nature, we report the discovery of a new long-period transient – and, for the…
On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever…
What goes up must come down, and earlier this week, yet another of SpaceX’s Starships, the biggest and most powerful…
That’s why these are called ‘test flights’, right? SpaceX made its ninth attempt at sending the frankly massive Starship, plus…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (ESA). It has launched spectacularly successful missions,…
The 2026 NASA budget proposal would slash around US$6 billion (£4.4 billion) in funding. This is a huge reduction, amounting…