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Space Exploration
We could chase down an interstellar Comet Borisov by 2045
We could send a spacecraft to Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), but it wouldn’t be easy
FutureTech
Antimatter sailing ships
Our first interstellar probes might sail to the stars on antimatter winds
Space Exploration
No space crash: Dead Russian satellite just missed an old habitat prototype in orbit
It could have been really bad
Deep Space
Is there a common type of galaxy in the universe?
What could it be? Spiral? Elliptical? Lenticular? Or is there an outsider galaxy that is more common?
Space Exploration
NASA’s Juno mission checks out eclipse on Jupiter
One of of Galilean moons cast a giant shadow over Jupiter which was spotted by NASA’s Juno spacecraft
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: William Borucki
He persisted with the idea that we could detect extrasolar planets and was proved right
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Space Rocks: Famed actor Jason Isaacs is confirmed as host and panelist
Jason Isaacs will join the likes of Tim Peake, Lucy Hawking, Paul Franklin and more for a day of stellar amusement
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Space Exploration
If you ran faster than the speed of light, would you cast a shadow?
In this hypothetic question, what happens to your shadow when sprinting at inhuman speeds?
Astronomy
First glimpses of interstellar comet suggest it’s not so different
Comet C/2019 Q4 gained a lot of attention when astronomers identified it as the second interstellar object ever discovered
FutureTech
New Worlds mission: Hunting for alien life using a starshade
By putting a huge umbrella into space, we could come closer to finding extraterrestrial life
Astronomy
How big is the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) in Chile?
How does the future optical/near-infrared telescope match up against the world’s grandest sights
Solar System
If Saturn and Jupiter collided, would they become one planet?
We explore the possibility of the two major heavyweights in the Solar System colliding in epic fashion
FutureTech
Future Tech: Martian Airships
This NASA study has the aim of exploring the Red Planet with the help of empty balloons
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Margaret Rhea Seddon
She became the first female surgeon to go into space
Solar System
This comet might be from interstellar space. Here’s how we could find out
Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) could be the second confirmed interstellar object, however astronomers will have much more time to examine it
Deep Space
The water vapour find on ‘habitable’ exoplanet K2-18 b is exciting — but it’s no Earth twin
But who says the confirmation of alien life will come on Earth 2.0?
Astronomy
If you put all of the stars in the night sky together, how bright would Earth’s sky be?
What would happen if a wave of a magic wand put all the stars together in the night sky?
Space Exploration
Long after historic flybys, NASA’s New Horizons is still pioneering science in the Kuiper Belt
The spacecraft made historic flybys of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule, but there is still more to offer
Solar System
It wasn’t just an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, there was also a tsunami
This catastrophic event wiped out 76 percent of all life on Earth 66 million years ago
Space Exploration
Why send people into space when a robotic spacecraft costs less?
We take a look at the answer to this intriguing question