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Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks
Schematic illustration of the formation and evolution of organic matter in lunar soil. Credit: HAO Jialong’s Group. The Moon…
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Caught in the act: the wind that could kill a galaxy
An artist’s impression of the galaxy CRISTAL-02, with a huge plume of cold gas extending away from it. This plume…
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Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history
This artist’s impression shows a quasar: a brief period of life for a big, bright galaxy during which large quantities…
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Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
The Artemis II astronauts captured this image of the Moon during their lunar flyby in April 2026. Credit: NASA. Humans…
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JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
These nine massive, mature galaxies contain many more relatively small stars than previously thought. Credit: Chloe Cheng. The James Webb…
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Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
The Roman Space Telescope launches. Credit: NASA/SpaceX. Roman lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A…
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3I/ATLAS was born in the deep freeze
This figure illustrates the different distributions of dust (blue), gas (green) and ions (red) in 3I/Atlas.Credit: Lea Ferellec (CC BY…
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Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
The Red Planet in enhanced colour, pictured using data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/G. Michael. Mars…
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