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…
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Controversial 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…
View More Astronomers spot white dwarf star with metallic ‘scar’‘Cosmic time machines’: how space telescopes transformed our ability to understand the universe
If you’ve ever been blown away by an image of outer space, it’s a pretty safe bet it was taken by a spacecraft. That’s no…
View More ‘Cosmic time machines’: how space telescopes transformed our ability to understand the universeSaturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon has hidden ocean under its crust, say scientists
A moon of Saturn that resembles the Death Star from Star Wars because of a massive impact crater on its surface has a hidden ocean…
View More Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon has hidden ocean under its crust, say scientistsHow the James Webb telescope is ‘set to find strange and bizarre worlds’
There is a distant world where quartz crystals float above a searing hot, puffy atmosphere. Vaporised sand grains, not water droplets, form the clouds that…
View More How the James Webb telescope is ‘set to find strange and bizarre worlds’Starwatch: The last meteor shower of the year
Starwatch 11/12/23 It is time for the last major meteor shower of the year. One of the most active and reliable meteor showers, the Geminids…
View More Starwatch: The last meteor shower of the yearNasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-off
To the casual observer, the preparations under way at Cape Canaveral in Florida point to nothing more than a routine launch of another spacecraft to…
View More Nasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-offAstronomers spot ‘overweight’ planet that appears too big for tiny host star
Astronomers have spotted an “overweight” planet that appears to be far too massive for its petite host star. The planet, which is 13 times bigger…
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