Researchers detected the sugar erythrulose in the molecular cloud G+0.693−0.027 near the centre of the Milky Way.
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See the crescent Moon meet Mars and Jupiter early in the mornings of 5 and 6 October 2026. Here's where to look and when.
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Hidden away behind vast clouds of dust, IRAS 18293-0941 is a binary system with a black hole orbiting a massive, hot star.
The story of the Hillsborough meteorite and how scientists analysing the space rock have found it contains life-supporting ...
With a mean diameter of 4,879km (3,032 miles), Mercury has always been the smallest planet in the Solar System. It’s also shrinking – and new research suggests that it’s doing so at a faster rate than ...
Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most celebrated figures in scientific history. His wide-ranging contributions touched almost every aspect of modern science. Born on 4 January 1643 near Woolsthorpe, ...
This timelapse video captured by a satellite and released by NASA shows lava spreading out from Russia’s Krasheninnikov ...