This is a preview of Launchpad, our free weekly newsletter in which resident space expert Leah Crane fills you in on all the very latest news about our exploration of our solar system – and beyond.
Over the past month there have been several fascinating bits of news about some of the weirdest stars in the universe – even objects that seem to me like they shouldn’t really count as stars at all, such as “dark stars”, which are powered by dark matter. So, …