Watch Europe’s upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its ‘wings’ (video)
Europe’s next planet-hunting spacecraft just spread its “wings” in preparation for launch. PLATO‘s twin solar panels, which will…
Birth of a new solar system witnessed for the first time
Astronomers recently reported the earliest observable moment of planet formation around a young star called HOPS-315, capturing hot…
What space does to body will terrify you, are we really ready for Mars?
It’s been over half a century since humanity last set foot on the Moon. Those early “baby steps”…
A mysterious glow is coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help explain the universe
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‘Huge’ meteor spotted over Southampton in dramatic moment
The fast fireball was sighted racing across the sky on October 7 much to the delight of city…
NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for Mars Rovers
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images That sound you hear? It’s the…
Record-breaking ‘dark object’ found hiding within a warped ‘Einstein ring’ 10 billion light-years away
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly small “dark object” lurking within a distant ring of warped light. The record-breaking…
HyImpulse Promises to Save European Launch, 600 kg at a Time
German rocket builder HyImpulse announced on 16 October that it had secured €45 million in new funding to…
China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)
A squat and brawny Chinese rocket just aced its second-ever liftoff. Orienspace’s Gravity-1, the world’s most powerful solid-fuel…
Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor…
Epoch of Reionization: Astronomers close in on signal from ‘one of the most unexplored periods in our universe’
Long before starlight filled the cosmos for the first time, the young universe may have been simmering, according…
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt along dunes and…