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Get ready for the final full moon of 2023 – but wrap up!

Tech December 27, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

(Picture: Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA)

Biggest solar flare in six years causes blackout – and next could be hours away

Tech December 15, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

This artistic rendering shows ice plumes being ejected from Enceladus at speeds of up to 800 miles/hour. Release date - December 10 2023. See SWNS story SWSClife. One of Saturn???s moons may be a prime target in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system, scientists reveal. A unique machine has been built that will test Saturn and Jupiter???s moons for signs of life in a mission next year. Water, energy and organic material are the crucial elements for life elsewhere in the universe. Saturn???s icy moon Enceladus is an ocean world that contains all three, making it a prime target in the search for life.

'Icy plumes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus could hold key to alien life

Tech December 11, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Betelgeuse surrounded by smaller stars

One of the brightest stars visible from Earth to 'vanish'

Tech December 8, 2023 By Lucy Skoulding

Sun Close-up Showing Solar Surface Activity and Corona

No wonder the Sun is so angry right now – there's a huge hole in it

Tech December 6, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Mercury, artwork

Mercury could be home to alien life – hiding beneath its surface

Tech December 6, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Milky Way galaxy, illustration

Mystery of 'the Brick' in middle of the Milky Way finally revealed

Tech December 4, 2023 By James Gamble

Technological alien planet, illustration

Planets 'waltzing' around rare solar system could be similar to Earth

Tech November 29, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Jupiter, illustration

Something just slammed into Jupiter but no one is sure what

Tech November 29, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Nov 22: Enormous 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares

Earth facing blackouts from 120,000-mile wide angry sunspots firing solar storms

Tech November 24, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Low angle view of moon against clear sky at night,Guadix,Granada,Spain

Moon mystery solved after eight years

Tech November 17, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Geminid Meteor Shower 2017.

Forget I'm A Celeb, these are the stars you should be watching this weekend

Tech November 17, 2023 By Nina Massey

Bizarre giant 'candy floss' planet is covered in clouds of sand

Tech November 15, 2023 By Stephen Beech

Beyond

'Bouncing' comets could kick-start alien life around the galaxy

Tech November 15, 2023 By Nina Massey

Artwork of pteranodon sternbergi

Dinosaurs in space would be easier to spot than aliens

Tech November 13, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Uranus, artwork

We're going to get a cracking view of Uranus this week

Tech November 14, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Mysteries of 'dark universe' captured in breathtaking detail by Euclid telescope

Tech November 7, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

The aurora borealis (left) alongside a strong thermal emission velocity enhancement, a rare aurora-like phenomenon named a STEVE in 2016 by scientists in Canada, can be seen over Bamburgh castle, in Northumberland on the North East coast of England. The atmospheric optical phenomenon is caused by a flowing ribbon of hot plasma breaking through into the earth's ionosphere, appearing in the sky as a purple, red and white arc. Picture date: Sunday November 5, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story WEATHER Aurora. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Steves of the world, your name is literally in lights across the night sky

Tech November 6, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Computer artwork of black hole

Scientists have discovered how you might be able to survive a black hole

Tech November 3, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

Illustration of Saturn

Saturn's rings will 'disappear' by 2025

Tech November 7, 2023 By Katherine Fidler