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YR4, which recently caused concern over the possibility of it impacting Earth, has been the subject of extensive tracking ...
In studying the history of the universe itself, there is always a chance that we have got it all wrong, but we never let this ...
An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tantalising similarity to the ...
The discovery has raised a lot of questions ... Some of Saturn’s other moons were discovered by space voyages, and some ...
A massive asteroid, 2024 YR4, initially estimated at 40 meters in diameter, is actually 60 meters wide, posing a more ...
After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...