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On 25 August 2020, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope conducted its

Physicists attempt to break the rules of gravity

A new test of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity

Six galaxies found trapped around a supermassive black hole

New data from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large

Star is seen being shredded by ‘spaghettification’

Telescopes have captured the rare light flash from a dying

Asteroid Bennu’s boulders shed new light on the space rock’s history

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu continues to reveal its secrets to

‘Superflares’ may make it hard for life to begin around dwarf stars

Powerful stellar eruptions could pose a serious challenge to the

Cosmonauts patch air leak on the ISS

Cosmonauts are making progress in the fight against the small

IS THERE LIFE ON VENUS ?

Could life be floating around in the clouds of Venus?

ATHLETE

The All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer, or ATHLETE, is NASA’s concept

“WE WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO THE MOON WITHOUT PROJECT MERCURY”

What experience do you have with NASA and space exploration

WHAT’S BEHIND THE WOW! SIGNAL?

On 15 August 1977 the Big Ear radio telescope belonging

SUPERGIANT GALAXIES

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is big. With a diameter

A WEIRD WORLD AROUND A WARPED STAR

Europe’s new telescope studying alien planets has created its first

THE HUNT FOR WORMHOLES

It was the plot for an epic 2014 Hollywood blockbuster

SCIENTISTS SPOT MAGNETARS’ MISSING LINK

Researchers have apparently found a ‘missing link’ between two types

SHEDDING LIGHT ON PHANTOM ENERGY AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE

We live in an age of precision cosmology. As we

HOW DOES A ROCKET WORK?

A rocket engine profits from one basic principle: as it

What will happen to the Solar System when the Sun becomes a white dwarf?

For the last 4.5 billion years the Sun has provided

What’s in the sky?

In order to preserve your night vision, you should read

This month’s planets

If you’ve never seen Mercury - and there are plenty

The far side of the Moon

Even the most enthusiastic Moon-watcher sometimes feels frustrated that we

Naked eye & binocular targets

Perseus’ brightest star, Mirfak, is just one star in an

The twins’ secret treasures

As you set up your telescope on freezing cold November

The Northern Hemisphere

With Bonfire Night beginning our observing period this month, astronomers

Celestron Cosmos 90GT WiFi telescope

We’re all familiar with Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: A Spacetime

Wilhelm Röntgen

The Nobel Prize in Physics is littered with big names