Earth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe. Nasa’s…
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Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sun
Astronomers have discovered an enormous black hole which formed in the aftermath of an exploding star a mere 2,000 light years from Earth. BH3 is…
View More Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sunRare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moon
The rising and setting of the sun at Stonehenge, especially during the summer and winter solstices, continues to evoke joy, fascination and religious devotion. Now…
View More Rare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moonWorld’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
If you zoomed out on the universe, well beyond the level of planets, stars or galaxies, you would eventually see a vast, evenly speckled expanse…
View More World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universeNew 3D cosmic map raises questions over future of universe, scientists say
The biggest ever 3D map of the universe, featuring more than 6m galaxies, has been revealed by scientists who said it raised questions about the…
View More New 3D cosmic map raises questions over future of universe, scientists sayWhat could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared? – podcast
The sun is currently ramping up to hit the peak of its 11-year activity cycle. In the past few days, powerful solar eruptions have sent…
View More What could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared? – podcast‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month
A comet that is larger than Mount Everest could become visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks as it continues its first visit…
View More ‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this monthControversial new theory of gravity rules out need for dark matter
Dark matter is supposed to account for 85% of the mass in the universe, according to conventional scientific wisdom. But proponents of a radical new…
View More Controversial new theory of gravity rules out need for dark matterAstronomers detect ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space
Astronomers have observed a distant planet that could be entirely covered in a deep water ocean, in findings that advance the search for habitable conditions…
View More Astronomers detect ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep spaceAstronomers spot white dwarf star with metallic ‘scar’
Astronomers have spotted a star with a dark metallic “scar” on its surface, thought to be the imprint of a doomed planetary fragment that came…
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