20th August 2025

Strong evidence of a gas giant in Alpha Centauri system

NASA reports the strongest evidence to date of the hypothetical Alpha Centauri Ab, a gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A – one of three stars that form the nearest star system to our own.

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7th August 2025

Asteroid impact on Moon could threaten satellites in 2032

A new study has modelled the potential consequences of asteroid YR4 striking the Moon in 2032, finding that such an impact – if it occurs – would be the largest in 5,000 years, ejecting debris that could threaten satellites and produce a visible meteor shower on Earth.

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4th June 2025

Prototype excavator for Moon mining revealed

A new era of lunar exploration moves closer to reality as a groundbreaking excavator prototype is set to unlock the vast potential of Helium-3, supporting progress toward limitless, clean energy on Earth.

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26th May 2025

New dwarf planet candidate discovered

Astronomers have identified 2017 OF201, a distant celestial body with an extreme 25,000-year orbit, potentially expanding our understanding of the Solar System's outer frontier.

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25th April 2025

Exoplanet found with comet-like tail will disintegrate in 2 million years

A newly found exoplanet is rapidly disintegrating as it orbits perilously close to its star. The small, rocky world is trailing a vast, comet-like tail of debris and is shedding a mass equivalent to Mount Everest every 30.5 hours.

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23rd April 2025

Lucy spacecraft reveals peanut-shaped asteroid

NASA's Lucy mission has returned striking images of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be larger than originally estimated and a contact binary. The spacecraft will pass by eight other asteroids between now and 2033.

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7th April 2025

"Big Crunch" universe more likely than previously thought

A major survey of nearly 15 million galaxies suggests that dark energy might be weakening, potentially changing the ultimate fate of the cosmos and increasing the possibility of a "Big Crunch" in the distant future.

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18th March 2025

Four small exoplanets confirmed around Sun's neighbour

Three new rocky exoplanets – all smaller than Earth – have been detected around Barnard's Star, the closest solitary star to our own Sun at just 5.96 light-years away. A fourth world, seen as a candidate last year, is also now confirmed.

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19th January 2025

Galaxy mapping project concludes after 3 trillion observations

The Gaia spacecraft has ended its operation after 11 years of mapping the Milky Way galaxy, during which time it made over three trillion observations of two billion stars.

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31st December 2024

Smallest asteroids ever detected in main belt

Astronomers report using the infrared capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope to find 100 of the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt, some measuring just 10 metres in diameter.

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18th November 2024

Betelgeuse is likely a binary system

The famous red supergiant Betelgeuse is now thought to have a companion star. The two are predicted to collide in about 10,000 years.

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13th October 2024

SpaceX achieves major milestone in spaceflight

SpaceX has today achieved the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.

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