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Solar System
Interstellar Comet Borisov looks pretty normal, new observations suggest
These results are based of observations made in September 2019 using telescopes in Spain and Hawaii
FutureTech
Future Tech: Obliterating space junk with a laser cannon
The Russian space agency has previously announced plans to turn a three-metre optical telescope into a debris destroyer
Solar System
What did the Sun look like when it was born?
The Sun is 4.6 billion years old, but what did it look like in its early years?
Space Exploration
Boeing aims to launch unpiloted Starliner test flight to space station in December
Liftoff is targeted for 17 December 2019
Solar System
If life was wiped out on Earth, could it evolve again?
We answer this intriguing question
Deep Space
A churning ‘molten blob’ of planet may be easier to find. Here’s why
Molten planets could hold clues as to how a planet eventually becomes habitable, much like Earth
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Laika the space dog
How one dog went from being a stray on the streets of Moscow to the first animal to orbit the Earth
Space Answers on Twitter
Space Exploration
SpaceX could launch NASA astronauts into space in early 2020
Crew Dragon is nearly ready to go
Solar System
What if we replaced our Sun with a red dwarf?
What would happen to us if we suddenly switched our Sun for a red dwarf?
Space Exploration
NASA wants to encourage private space stations
commercial companies could build their own space stations and utilise the unique environment of low-Earth orbit
Astronomy
Do the Southern Hemisphere constellations move into the Northern Hemisphere?
The shift between the two hemispheres caused by a wobble on the Earth
Solar System
20 new moons found around Saturn, snagging satellite record from Jupiter
Saturn now has 82 known satellites
Deep Space
Would a galaxy disappear if all of its stars went supernova?
We have the answer to this intriguing question
Deep Space
Event Horizon Telescope snags new funding to capture first movie of a black hole
The first black hole image, announced in April 2019, received a sublime reception and everyone wants more
FutureTech
Future Tech: Pluto hopper
A NASA project is working on a new way to slow down planetary spacecraft to enable an ingenious hopping dwarf planet mission
Deep Space
Why is the space between galaxies black?
With their billions of stars, why don’t these giant structures light up the entirety of space?
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Edwin Hubble
How one of the world’s greatest astronomers shaped our understanding of the universe
Space Exploration
Blue Origin probably won’t launch people to space this year
2020 is a more likely target
Space Exploration
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe drops its last rover on asteroid Ryugu
The space probe has released its fourth, and final, rover onto the asteroid’s surface at a different height from the others
Deep Space
If you threw a piece of food into space, would it freeze?
Find out why there are no take-aways in space