Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction
24 July 2019
We thought planets are built as huge boulders smash together. But if it is pebbles instead, that better explains why planets all spin the same way
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The Milky Way devoured another galaxy and we've spotted the remains
22 July 2019
We’ve identified the original stars that were in the Milky Way before it devoured another smaller galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus about 10 billion years ago
Strange stars that go supernova may be dimming because of dark matter
22 July 2019
Some stars that go supernova are dimmer than we expect, so something must be filching their energy - it may be a possible dark matter particle called the axion
India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon
22 July 2019
India launched its second moon mission on 22 July. The mission will place a lander and rover near the moon’s south pole, a promising site for human exploration
Weird new type of magnetic liquid could be used to control soft robots
18 July 2019
A strange liquid magnet full of iron nanoparticles can change its shape in a magnetic field, and it may eventually be used to make wireless, moving soft robots
