On the big screen, in video games and in our imaginations, lightsabers flare and catch when they clash together. In reality, as in a laser light show, the beams of light go through each other, creati… [+2424 chars]
SpaceX deployed 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project on Feb. 4, 2022, with most of them burning up in the atmosphere days later. A geomagnetic storm induced by the Sun was t… [+6104 chars]
The 3-tonne debris that crashed on the far side of the moon on March 4 will not affect the moon's environment or a space mission, according to Yang Yuguang, vice chair of the Space Transportation Com… [+3313 chars]
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and NASA, is officially halfway between our planet and the Sun. According to an ESA release, the spacecraft is currently 46.… [+2863 chars]
Solon and Steckel venture into a giant, frozen maze of icy, stalagmite-like spikes called penitentes. Credit: Amanda Steckel, University of Colorado at Boulder A harsh sun shines down through a clou… [+7601 chars]
NASA aims to send the first astronauts to Mars by the end of the current decade. While it would be a huge achievement, we are surely asking ourselves why the space agency hasn’t reached that goal alr… [+1685 chars]
On the big screen, in video games and in our imaginations, lightsabers flare and catch when they clash together. In reality, as in a laser light show, the beams of light go through each other, creati… [+2424 chars]
Projected impact site of the rocket body that slammed into the far side of the moon on March 4, 2022. Credit: NASA/LROC/ASU/Scott Sutherland Edinburgh, 7 March 2022. – A rogue 3-ton rocket stage cra… [+1037 chars]
Enlarge/ The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking on Nov. 8, 2021. 147 with … [+6515 chars]
The discovery of unusual markings on the teeth of wild Japanese macaques may have significant implications for our understanding of human evolution, according to a new study. Up until now these sign… [+2609 chars]
A YouTuber has shared new footage of a mummified “zombie” shark found in an abandoned aquarium. The shark itself isn’t actually a zombie, of course. However, mold and exposure to air have given the s… [+2149 chars]
When it comes to dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex or T-Rex is by far the most recognisable one. And now, researchers have revealed that this species could be recategorised into three separate ones, accor… [+3123 chars]
