Apr 11, 2023 15:21 pm UTC| Science
On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or JUICE will spend at least three years on Jupiters moons after it...
The food systems that will feed Mars are set to transform food on Earth
Jan 24, 2023 05:32 am UTC| Technology
Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on Earth too. To date, a lot of thought has gone into how astronauts eat; however, we are only...
Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds
Jan 24, 2023 05:31 am UTC| Science
A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid and Earth? Well,...
Nov 30, 2022 07:22 am UTC| Technology
Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: a large language model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge. Launched with a public online demo, Galactica lasted only three...
Nov 25, 2022 13:59 pm UTC| Science
Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the Sun was discovered in 1995, we have realised that planets and planetary systems are more diverse than we ever imagined. Such distant worlds exoplanets give us the...
Oct 19, 2022 08:52 am UTC| Science
Virgin Orbit, a US company which provides launch services for satellites, has announced that the first orbital space mission from the UK will blast off from Cornwall. The rocket, which will carry nine satellites, along...
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
Oct 11, 2022 04:27 am UTC| Science
Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know otherwise. In 1969, NASAs Apollo missions installed reflective panels on the moon. These have shown...
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