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The Week in Space and Physics: What Can Solar Twins Tell Us?
On solar twins, the absence of alien radio signals, a new baryon, and a new discovery on an old asteroid
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Life of a Giant Star
On the changing nature of an extreme star, Isaacman's new approach to Artemis, a new view of comet 3I/Atlas, and more evidence in support of panspermia
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: Atoms For Space
On the possibilities of nuclear propulsion, a vanishing star, the shape of Jupiter, and Artemis II.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: A Shadow of a Planet
On the search for exoplanets, black hole stars, SpaceX's dream of orbiting data centres, and Artemis II
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: Stars Beyond The Supermassive
On the most massive stars ever imagined, the launch of Artemis II, Cloud Nine, and the first private space station.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: A Private Hubble
On plans to build a new space telescope, Isaacman's tough start at NASA, a possible star around Betelgeuse, and the Roman Space Telescope
 • Alastair Williams
The Year in Space and Physics
A look back at the trends and news of 2025
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: Shades of Dark Matter
On dark matter, the sterile neutrino, Martian lightning, and the end of MAVEN.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Lost Sisters of the Pleiades
On the stars of the Pleiades, a superflare from a black hole, the second flight of New Glenn, and the aurora.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Next Footprints on the Moon
On NASA's effort to get back to the Moon, the future of space stations, interstellar comets, and the last satellite around Venus.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Nobel Prize
On the Nobel Prize, the purest star yet known, hints of an exomoon, and a sign of life around Saturn.
 • Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: Hunting The Primordial Black Holes
On traces of the first black holes, Dream Chaser, how the Moon rusted, and the launch of IMAP
 • Alastair Williams
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