Asteroids smash into each other as astronomers witness incredibly rare moment ‘unlike anything in our own Solar System’
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a remarkable cosmic event for only the second time in history. Two…
Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star
Young star systems are a place of violent collisions. Rocks, comets, asteroids and larger objects carom off one…
Scientists Uncover a Hidden Link Billions of Years in the Making
For decades, Earth’s magnetic field was seen as a protective barrier, sealing the planet’s atmosphere off from the…
Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost
HELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the…
Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale | Lake District holidays
A tawny owl screeches nearby in the dark and her mate replies, hooting eerily from the forest below. A…
Long March 5 rocket deploys tech demo satellite into space
China launched a Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket on Saturday evening to deploy a technology demonstration satellite…
For nearly one billion years, a day on Earth lasted just 19 hours
Billions of years ago, a day on Earth did not last 24 hours. New research suggests that for…
Lemon-shaped exoplanet challenges planet formation theory
Astronomers spotted an object that looks like a planet, weighs about as much as Jupiter, and yet behaves…
Astronomers May Have Detected First Known “Superkilonova” Explosion
In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers might have observed the first known “superkilonova” – an explosive cosmic event that…
Elon Musk makes another Mars prediction: Mars will be …
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again started the discussion about interplanetary colonisation with a fresh prediction about…
Irish observatory continues centuries-old solstice tradition as shortest day marked in northern hemisphere
It comes this year as the historic Armagh Observatory is part of a bid for Unesco World Heritage…
NASA Reveals Crew Assignments for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to the ISS
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, scheduled for launch in February 2026, marks an important milestone in the exploration of…