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Rolling boulders on Titan could threaten NASA's Dragonfly mission
The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission at risk
Categories: Astronomy
How a start-up plans to mine the moon for a rare form of helium
A private moon mission planned for 2027 will be the first step towards commercial lunar mining of rare and expensive helium-3
Categories: Astronomy
Gravity may arise from quantumness of space
Scientists have long sought the particle that carries the force of gravity, but a new theoretical model tosses out that idea entirely – and shows how it could be tested in experiments
Categories: Astronomy
Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang
The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly early for a spiral galaxy of a similar size to our Milky Way
Categories: Astronomy
What makes a good day a good day, according to science
Surveys that ask thousands of people how they spend their time have revealed some surprising activities that seem to make any given day a good one
Categories: Astronomy