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Galactic penguin honours Webb’s second anniversary

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Mars orbiter captures a Red Planet scar longer than the Grand Canyon

5 July 2024

Infant star creates red, white and blue fireworks

4 July 2024

Hubble spies baby stars in their glowing stellar cocoon

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Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics

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A comet predicted to light up the sky in 2024 may already be doomed

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What exactly is a planet? Astronomers want to amend the definition

Even our local planets vary wildly Three astronomers

A newly discovered cave on the Moon could house future lunar astronauts

Could future astronauts live in a lunar cave?

An exoplanet with a weird orbit is transforming into a hot Jupiter before our eyes

An illustration showing a gas giant transforming into

Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029, and this European satellite will be along for the ride

© ESA The European Space Agency (ESA) is

VENUS EARTH'S EVIL TWIN

Venus is a veritable hellscape that you wouldn’t want to pick as a summer destination

MACH PROPULSION

An ongoing NASA study is investigating a bizarre propulsion concept

THE NOAA’S GEOXO SATELLITES COULD BE THE WEATHER-MONITORING PLATFORM OF THE FUTURE

NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build the NOAA’s next-generation GeoXO weather satellite constellation

MAGNETIC VORTICES MAY HELP FEED SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES

This could explain why some black holes are able to grow to millions or billions of times the mass of our Sun

THE GAIA SPACE TELESCOPE HELPS ASTRONOMERS IMAGE HIDDEN OBJECTS AROUND BRIGHT STARS

The space observatory can reveal details that are usually hidden from view

CHEAT SHEET TO THE UNIVERSE

…FROM HOW IT BEGAN TO ITS ULTIMATE FATE

SATURN’S PLANETWIDE STORMS ARE DRIVEN BY SEASONAL HEATING

Data from the Cassini mission has provided answers to a Saturnian mystery

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?

© NASA ASA intends to reach Mars in

JUST 4 IN 10,000 GALAXIES MAY HOST INTELLIGENT ALIENS

That’s if plate tectonics, oceans and continents are rare on worlds throughout the universe

WHAT IS CAUSING SLOW SOLAR WIND?

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

NASA’S EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE JUPITER’S RADIATION

Its transistors aren’t as radiation resistant as expected

ASKSPACE

ASTROPHYSICS Is there proof that wormholes exist? We

RAPIDLY SPINNING ‘EXTREME’ NEUTRON STAR DISCOVERED BY US NAVY RESEARCH INTERN

The pulsar was found in data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array

20 STARGAZING BREAKS

Planning a holiday? We’ve picked out our top astronomy attractions in the US and Europe

UNDER THE MOON’S SURFACE, MAGNETISED LAVA MAY CREATE ‘LUNAR SWIRLS’

The magma seems to create a magnetic spiral that deflects solar wind particles headed for the surface

“I want to be a champion of sustainability in space”

ESA director general Josef Aschbacher

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Jupiter is a bright spark in the predawn sky, slowly creeping closer to Mars

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

Distant galaxies and fascinating stars can be seen on late summer nights

TREASURES OF PERSEUS AND CASSIOPEIA

A ghostly nebula and a rose-shaped star cluster are among your observing challenges this month

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

The central part of our galaxy is teeming with star clusters and nebulae to enjoy

ZWO ASI183MC PRO

This CMOS camera offers high-end features in an affordable package, but how does it perform under the night sky?

IN THE SHOPS: SMARTPHONES FOR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

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HENRIETTA SWAN LEAVITT

The woman who helped discover our place in the universe

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