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Errors in the recent dark-matter search experiment may open up new avenues for particle physics, but it is entirely possible that these are just the anomalies seen in th…
The cable system, formerly used for space elevators, connected the Moon and Earth, and can now be used to tie asteroids together.
Over the years, astronomers have been searching for the existence of the 9th planet in the Solar System.
Dusty worlds like the desert planet Arrakis in the Dune novels are probably quite common in the universe. Some of them, which have large amounts of dust in the atmospher…
Scientists found exoplanets the size of Neptune orbiting the star AU Mic, 32 light-years from Earth.
Neptune's beautiful moon, Neptune, shines a light purple through the lens of a NASA spacecraft, can possess an ocean of life.
Starlink's goal of bringing Internet connections around the world could threaten traditional Internet providers.
Named after British astrophysicist Edmund Halley, the Halley Comet is one of the most famous comets in the history of astronomy.
Astronomers found the largest quasar ever in the early universe, more than 13 billion light-years from Earth.
Chinese researchers have developed a new construction material from Moon dust and are 22 times stronger than concrete.
Image analysis from NASA's New Horizons mission shows that Pluto is very hot when it is first formed. This will create liquid water that exists to this day.
Gliese 887, one of the brightest red dwarfs seen from Earth, is harboring two large planets in the region of life.
What are the secrets that we still don't know?
NASA is becoming quite good at exploding its next-generation rocket system.
Whatever the design, whatever material doesn't matter, just being compact, working well in space-less gravity and low gravity on the moon is enough.