Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old
The icy dwarf planet Ceres may once have been habitable NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) The dwarf planet Ceres looks cold…
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There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system
Are there unseen planets in our solar system? Peter Jurik/Alamy Somewhere at the edge of the solar system a new…
JWST gets a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Infrared images of 3I/ATLAS captured by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/James Webb Space Telescope The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is…
CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines
Researchers test a chest compression machine on a dummy in an aeroplane CNES Microgravity makes it tricky to do simple…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight
A SpaceX Starship rocket launches in its tenth flight test from Launch Complex 1 at Starbase, Texas UPI/Alamy The world’s…
Space weather expert Tamitha Skov explains why auroras have been so unusual this solar cycle
Unexpectedly bright northern lights illuminated UK skies in 2024 John Hayward/SWNS If you’re a fan of the aurora borealis, or…
Get ready for a glorious Harvest Blood Moon on 7 September
“Find the moon and watch it darken and redden…” JG Photography/Alamy My feelings about the moon changed in the past…
NASA’s first space photos restored in stunning detail
John Glenn during the fiery re-entry NASA/Andy Saunders ON 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American…
Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?
“In 2050 … the first 100 m-diameter telescope took shape in a crater on the lunar surface” Vladimir Vustyansky/NASA The…
Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible
On 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. The mission was part of…