Astronomers discover the famous Pleiades star cluster could be 20 times bigger than we thought
Astronomers have discovered that the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star cluster have more stellar siblings than we…
Latest science news: Northern lights | Hongqi bridge collapse | New Glenn launch
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX beats Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin into the record books yet again
Elon Musk’s SpaceX swooped in Monday to complete Florida’s 94th liftoff of the year, breaking the state’s yearly…
Aurora likely tonight as string of solar flares heads for Earth
Over the past few days an active sunspot has erupted multiple times, sending clouds of high-energy plasma into…
Space forecasters say solar storms could hit Earth and trigger auroras : NPR
The northern lights fill the sky behind the Saint Joseph the Woodworker Shrine Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, near…
Abu Dhabi reaches for stars with factory that can produce 50 satellites a year
A space manufacturing facility capable of producing 50 satellites a year has opened in Abu Dhabi. Orbitworks, a…
China has big ambitions in space and the Arctic. Should the West be worried?
In 2003, a decade after the humiliation of the Yinhe incident – when a Chinese container ship was…
Satellite Communications Breakthrough Could Pave the Way Toward ‘Quantum Energy’
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new method for sending once-impossible Earth-to-space quantum…
3 Giant Solar Outbursts Explode Towards Earth, Prompting Aurora Forecast Across US : ScienceAlert
A series of three powerful flares and associated explosions of solar material out across the Solar System have…
How a scientific mistake from the 1970s derailed Mars exploration
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China is going to the Moon by 2030. Here’s what’s known about the mission – and why it matters
More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the Moon, China is working steadily towards…
Red supergiant star ‘Betelgeuse’ has a companion
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i have directly imaged a faint companion hugging the swollen surface…