Can giant space mirrors boost green energy on Earth? A start-up aims to find out
Reflect Orbital aims to redirect sunlight into Earth’s night-time zones.Credit: Jesper Klausen/Science Photo Library A risky plan to…
The timing of the last r-process event near Earth from interstellar 60Fe, 244Pu and 247Cm deposition on Earth
Cowan, J. J. et al. Origin of the heaviest elements: the rapid neutron-capture process. Rev. Mod. Phys. 93,…
Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon
Buoyed by the successful Artemis II mission around the Moon in April, NASA has been ramping up its…
‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers
Will Pluto become a planet again?Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Many of us are…
What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side
This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 28 January 2026 Numerical simulations provide a mechanism that explains how celestial objects such as stars…
the events to watch for in the coming year
India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft launched in 2023. Next year, it will observe the Sun during its peak activity phase.Credit:…
The Moon is rusting — thanks to ‘wind’ blown all the way from Earth
A stream of charged particles that blows from Earth (foreground) to the Moon could account for the rust…