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Asteroid

Impacting asteroid spotted just hours before hitting Earth

A small impacting asteroid, 2018 LA, was discovered only eight hours before it hit the Earth, disintegrating in the atmosphere.

Dunes on Pluto

Why Pluto is still a planet and hundreds more lurk in the Solar System

The chief scientist on NASA’s New Horizons mission argues that Pluto is still a planet. And he believes there are hundreds of planets in the Solar System.

TESS spacecraft

NASA’s TESS spacecraft will seek out Earth-like worlds around nearby stars

A NASA spacecraft is due to blast off on Monday, April 16th, 2018, to seek out Earth-like worlds and search for clues to alien life.

An artists's impression of an asteroid like 2012 DA14 making a close pass of the Earth

Missed! One of closest large asteroids on record flies by

Earth just narrowly escaped an impact by the closest large asteroid ever recorded. The space rock, which was up to 110 meters wide, shot by at half the distance of the Moon.

Proxima Centauri superflare

Superflare dents hopes of life on rocky planet orbiting nearest star

Hopes that life might exist on a rocky planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, have taken a knock after the star fired off a deadly superflare.

Whirlpool Galaxy M51

Vast cloud of glowing gas discovered near Whirlpool Galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of glowing gas close to M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, which is one of the most famous spiral galaxies in the night sky

Dark Energy Camera

Astronomers struggle to explain mysterious short-lived explosions

An international team of astronomers has discovered 72 new transients – bright explosions that fade away far more quickly than a supernova.

Farthest star

Hubble discovers the farthest star seen in the Universe

NASA’s Hubble space telescope has spotted the farthest star ever observed, nine billion light-years away, thanks to a natural magnifying glass in deep space.

Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform

Has alien life been detected in the clouds of Venus?

Alien beings could be living in the clouds of planet Venus, according to a new NASA-backed study by space scientists.

Radar images of Tiangong-1

China’s space station Tiangong-1 is set to plunge to Earth – but where?

An out-of-control Chinese space station, speeding at 28,000 km per hour (17,000 mph), is expected to come crashing out of orbit this weekend.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is delayed again until 2021

NASA’s powerful, next generation observatory the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) faces fresh delays and will now launch no earlier than May 2020.

Magellanic Clouds

Hubble solves mystery surrounding Milky Way’s cosmic neighbours

The Hubble Space Telescope has solved a cosmic mystery about the source of a stream of gas between two dwarf galaxies and the Milky Way.

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