Latest developments
NASA demands new designs for cost-hit Mars Sample Return mission
Space agency admits that a new timeline of 2040 for the craft is “unacceptably too long”
US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory
NASA says that increasing management costs means it cannot afford to the keep the “great observatory” operational
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Construction complete on the 3200 megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera
The instrument will spend the coming decade imaging over 20 million galaxies to create a 'movie' of the universe
Battle for the skies: US insists GMT and TMT telescopes must vie for funding
The NSF has been told to choose between the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope as a next-generation ground-based observatory
US Odysseus mission becomes first private craft to successfully land on the Moon
The craft also becomes the first US mission to make a soft landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972
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Research headlines
Baryon acoustic oscillations hint that dark energy may have changed over time
DESI observations cast doubt on the Standard Model of cosmology
Planet-gobbling stars are more common than we thought
Spectral analysis of stellar “twins” also suggests a significant fraction of planetary systems may be unstable
Space weather phenomenon observed in the lab for the first time
Magnetosphere events known as whistler mode chorus emissions can now be produced in a controlled environment
Could lasers synthesize heavy elements produced in neutron-star mergers?
For the moment, the answer is "no", but a new study suggests next-generation neutron sources could do the job
Could gravastars be nested inside one another like a Russian doll?
Hypothetical objects could be observed in gravitational waves
Space-borne atoms herald new tests of Einstein’s equivalence principle
Measuring the free-fall rate of different type of atoms in space could unveil hidden mechanisms of gravity
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Dispatches from the Great North American eclipse of 2024
Viewers in parts of Mexico, the US and Canada enjoyed a rare total solar eclipse yesterday
Never mind the right stuff, here’s the red stuff: how Yuri Gagarin and the cosmonauts shaped Soviet space culture
Margaret Harris reviews Cosmonaut: a Cultural History by Cathleen S Lewis
A suspenseful story of life and death in the universe
Katherine Skipper reviews Things That Go Bump in the Universe by C Renée James
Water observed on asteroids for the first time
Detection by SOFIA mission backs wandering planets models
Dark matter vs modified gravity: which team are you on?
Two researchers who have switched sides in this heated cosmic debate
Moonquakes and landslides make the lunar south pole unstable
Potential landing sites for NASA’s crewed Artemis mission III identified as especially vulnerable
Nuclear spaceflight: igniting the next era of exploration
First devised during the Space Race, the idea of nuclear-propelled rockets is back
Advanced electron microscope finds UK meteorite fall contains life’s chemical precursors
The Winchcombe meteorite that fell to Earth in 2021 contained compounds that could be precursors to chemical building blocks of life
Kink in cosmic ray spectrum puzzles astrophysicists
Observation suggests a need to rethink origins of cosmic rays
Cosmic code of conduct: the ethics of human testing in space
Biomedical ethicist Vasiliki Rahimzadeh discusses the need for a universal code of ethics for doing scientific research on human subjects in space
Treasure trove of gas giants on wide orbits could provide insight into our own solar system
Data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite reveal a valuable collection of exoplanet candidates with temperatures similar to planets in our solar system
Cosmic combat: delving into the battle between dark matter and modified gravity
Keith Cooper digs into the struggles and successes of modifying gravity, 40 years since its conception
Ask me anything: Xavier Calmet – ‘Scientific intuition is crucial. Either you have it, or you don’t’
Calmet's work encompasses a broad “wavefunction” of physics, with a particular focus on quantum gravity and black holes
European Space Agency gives construction go-ahead for LISA gravitational-wave mission
Estimated to cost €1.5bn, LISA is expected to launch in 2035
Weathering and ocean burial of rocks could have triggered Earth’s ice ages
Layered clays called ophiolites trap carbon efficiently and may still be cooling the planet today
Nuclear-powered spacecraft: why dreams of atomic rockets are back on
Richard Corfield examines whether nuclear power could launch NASA’s next generation of rockets into space
Japan’s lunar lander falls head over heels for the Moon
JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon is currently in standby unable to generate power
Arno Penzias: Nobel laureate who co-discovered ‘echo of Big Bang’ dies aged 90
His work led to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background
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