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...
For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves
Sep 20, 2022 06:16 am UTC| Science
Since 2018, NASAs InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have...
Aug 24, 2022 10:58 am UTC| Science
Its been 50 years since humans last visited the Moon, and even robotic missions have been few and far between. But the Earths only natural satellite is about to get crowded. At least six countries and a flurry of...
Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky
Aug 21, 2022 17:29 pm UTC| Science
Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hole with enormous...
Most distant star to date spotted – but how much further back in time could we see?
Apr 05, 2022 11:56 am UTC| Science
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed the most distant star ever seen Earendel, meaning morning star. Even though Earendel is 50 times the mass of the Sun, and millions of times brighter, we would not normally be able...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects