We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids
14 May 2018
More than 900 asteroids hurtling close to Earth were seen just once and then lost. Some may be kilometres across, and they could be just about anywhere
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Probe saw plumes on Europa 20 years ago - we just didn't notice
14 May 2018
We weren’t sure whether Jupiter’s moon Europa spews plumes of water, but evidence for them has just been found in 20-year-old data from the Galileo spacecraft
Interstellar cloud mapped by listening to its magnetic waves
10 May 2018
Magnetic waves vibrating through an interstellar cloud called Musca reveal its 3D shape. We though it was long and thin, but it’s actually flat like a pancake
DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us
9 May 2018
Humans have neurons called “grid cells” that help us find our way as we navigate our surroundings. DeepMind's AI has developed something similar as it learned to navigate a maze
