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'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals

Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus' largest moons.

Space · Jun 11, 2025

Sun’s south pole revealed for first time, in images from Solar Orbiter spacecraft

Groundbreaking observations map chaotic patchwork of magnetic activity, said to be key to understanding how sun’s field flips

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025

Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)

The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

Space · Jun 11, 2025

'We've got a new mystery on our hands': Titan's weird wobble just got even stranger

New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.

Space · Jun 10, 2025

First-ever image of China's mysterious 'quasi moon' probe revealed weeks after it secretly launched into space

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some surprising similarities with a current NASA probe.

LiveScience · Jun 10, 2025

Inside Europe’s simulated lunar surface: preparing for the moon in Cologne

At the edge of Cologne, Germany, a large industrial building contains something extraordinary: the most advanced simulated lunar environment on Earth. Developed jointly by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA), this facility — known as LUNA — is designed to prepare astronauts, robots, and technologies…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 10, 2025

An astronaut shot his first-ever time-lapse – and let’s just say it’s way better than my first attempt to capture the aurora

Astronaut Jonny Kim says this is his first attempt at a time-lapse – and it's a spectacular glimpse of the aurora from space

Digital Camera World · Jun 10, 2025

1.5TB of James Webb Space Telescope data dumped on the internet — new searchable database is the largest window into our universe to date

NASA-backed astronomy project has just released the 'largest look ever into the deep universe.'

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 10, 2025

We're halfway between the April 2024 and August 2026 total solar eclipses: Here's why we're excited

429 days down, 429 to go until the next total solar eclipse.

Space · Jun 10, 2025

Where is the center of the universe?

About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025