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15 AUTUMN STARGAZING TARGETS

Go on a night-sky treasure hunt as the brighter evenings give way to the cooler months

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE WHY IS VENUS SO DRY?

A new study reckons the answer lies high in the Venusian atmosphere

WHEN BLACK HOLES TURN WHITE

Can bouncing black holes help physicists find the ultimate theory of everything?

THE MOON'S THIN ATMOSPHERE IS MADE BY CONSTANT METEORITE BOMBARDMENT

While the solar wind also contributes to the atmosphere, meteorites are the main culprit

INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND HOW TO BECOME A SPACE TOURIST

Having explored much of the Solar System, attention is now turning to the stars beyond

NASA'S PERSEVERANCE ROVER FINDS POSSIBLE SIGNS OF ANCIENT RED PLANET LIFE

Further analysis is needed, but a rock contains potential evidence that life once existed on Mars in the distant past

A NASA TELESCOPE MAY HAVE FOUND ANTIMATTER ANNIHILATING IN POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION SINCE THE BIG BANG

The massive explosion was captured in 2022

Jameel Janjua "This is how we get to Mach 3”

Jameel Janjua made it to the bitter end in a Canadian government astronaut selection in 2009, but wasn't chosen. He found a different path to space through Virgin Galactic

BOEING NEEDS TO IMPROVE QUALITY CONTROL ON THE SLS MOON ROCKET

The NASA Inspector General's report finds serious quality-control issues affecting the upgraded version and expects cost overruns and delays

DARK ENERGY

THE MOST DOMINANT FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE IS ALSO ITS MOST MYSTERIOUS AND MOST UNANTICIPATED

Weird 'watermelon-shaped' asteroids like Dimorphos and Selam may finally have an explanation

The unusual shapes of the tiny asteroids Dimorphos and Selam have perplexed astronomers for years, but a new study finally explains how they got so strange. It also suggests these bizarrely shaped 'moonlets' may be more common than scientists thought.

An ocean's worth of water may be buried within Mars, but can we get to it?

Enough water to cover the surface of Mars has been discovered within the crust of the Red Planet by NASA's InSight mission. However, the ocean is buried several kilometres underground. Insight touched down in the Elysium Planitia region on Mars in November 2018 and maintained its mission for four years.

NASA may use lasers to livestream from the Moon one day

Getting a live play-by-play of astronauts in space during future Artemis Moon missions could eventually be possible thanks to laser technology. NASA is testing a space communication method that, instead of using radio waves, uses a laser beam to connect Earth with astronauts on the Moon.

Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in a new view from NASA's Juno probe

Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colourful brush strokes across a painting in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

Ghostly 'zodiacal light' glows above the Very Large Telescope in Chile

A newly released image shows a colourful haze glowing above the Paranal Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert at sunset. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) stands beneath a star-studded sky illuminated by a phenomenon known as zodiacal light, which is observed as a faint glow of diffuse light in the sky scattered by interplanetary dust.

Hubble spots a stunning spiral galaxy shining in the 'Little Lion'

From its vantage point in low-Earth orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope recently captured an intricate portrait of NGC 3430, a classic spiral galaxy that resides 100 million light years from Earth in the constellation of Leo Minor.

Mars Express takes a deep dive into an ancient lake

A Mars orbiter has taken a deep dive into an ancient Martian lake - figuratively, at least. Larger than any lake currently on Earth, the dried-up remnants of this ancient lakebed were captured in incredible detail by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2003. \"This patch of Mars - shown in a new view from Mars Express' High-Resolution Stereo Camera - is known as Caralis Chaos,\" ESA scientists said. \"We believe that water, and a lot of it, once existed here.\"

LONG AGO, A LAKE ON MARS MAY HAVE BEEN SPRAWLING WITH MICROBES

Curiosity discovered manganese oxide in bedrock in a Martian region that may have been a shoreline billions of years ago

MOON TOUR HELL

Finding this fascinating crater isnt as hard as its name suggests...

THIS MONTH'S PLANETS

Most of the planets are tricky targets this month, but our guide will help you locate them

UNIVERSE BEFORE TIME

Could the existence of a mirror-image cosmos before the Big Bang solve some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy?

CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Alongside Earth, our planetary neighbourhood is changing, but it’s not for the better…

Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres

A scientist has learned more about the violent processes that rip atmospheres away from planets, finding that squashing and squeezing by a parent star can contribute to this process.

The Milky Way's halo is filled with ‘magnetic doughnuts' as wide as 100,000 light years

The outer halo of the Milky Way is filled with magnetic fields that take the shape of vast doughnuts with diameters ranging from 12,000 to 100,000 light years, with the heart of our galaxy at their centre.

The Pentagon wants the commercial space reserve to support military satellites in orbit

The US Department of Defense is developing a plan to use the ever-growing American commercial space industry for national security purposes.

DOES A COSMIC 'GLITCH' IN GRAVITY CHALLENGE ALBERT EINSTEIN'S GREATEST THEORY?

Gravity changes once you reach a cosmic scale

DEEP SKY CHALLENGE : STELLAR TREASURES OF THE ARCHER AND SCORPION

Summer skies are stuffed full of amazing objects for your telescope - if you're prepared to stay up late

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE:IS THERE ANOTHER PLANET BEYOND NEPTUNE?

There are now five lines of evidence suggesting the existence of Planet Nine

THE TEN BEST IMAGES TAKEN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The orbiting laboratory has a unique view of Earth and its surroundings

Chris Hadfield "It feels like magic”

The first Canadian to walk in space tells us about his life in Earth orbit, his music and photography and why he broke into a space station with an army knife