The Solar Orbiter (SolO) captured 'unprecedented' images of our Sun earlier this month as it approached the midway point between the Earth and its star, the European Space Agency (ESA) recently said … [+2640 chars]
Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and exceptionally long lifespans. Now, a study led by Max Planck researchers has shown that one of these traits has likely been caused by t… [+5591 chars]
Nasas first private space tourism mission will carry Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy, American entrepreneur Larry Connor, and former Israeli Air Force… [+2412 chars]
A massive Geomagnetic storm has hit the Earth in the early hours of March 29, according to NASA. This geomagnetic storm was classified as a G-1 class storm on the K-index. After the storm struck the … [+2430 chars]
Whoa. Venus Game A new proposition from a NASA researcher suggests making Venus habitable to humans. The only catch? It suggests encasing the entire planet in a giant shell, trapping the toxic atmo… [+2063 chars]
A Nottingham astronomer is releasing her first book based on research that tells the story of the first stars and sheds light on the birth of the Universe. Dr Emma Chapman from the University of Not… [+2397 chars]
The ice cover surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere slowly expands between March and October every year. During this period, the entire ice area grows by six times to become bigger than R… [+4372 chars]
A small to average-sized asteroid will zoom past Earth on April Fool's Day at about 8 miles a second, Live Science has reported. The news of an asteroid coming closer to Earth raises concerns abou… [+2041 chars]
NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter has been busy traversing the red planet, and recently completed its 23rd flight. The autonomous drone managed to fly for a total of 129 seconds, across 358 metres. … [+2108 chars]
Bacteria, fungi, and yeast are very good at excreting useful substances such as weak acids. One way in which they do this is through passive diffusion of molecules across the cell membrane. At the sa… [+5240 chars]
The Milky Way is older than astronomers thought, or part of it is. A newly-published study shows that part of the disk is two billion years older than we thought. The region, called the thick disk, … [+8608 chars]
The concept of the spacewalk is fascinating, to say the least. Yes, its less of a walk and more of 'space-floating'. The idea of being outside the protective spacecraft with almost nothing between yo… [+2245 chars]
