Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science – The Times
Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science The TimesT. rex could become most expensive fossil…
Shaping the Emerald City – NASA Science
Seattle, Washington—sometimes known as the “Emerald City”—was glimmering in the morning sunlight when an astronaut aboard the International…
Meteorite strike of New Jersey home reveals life clues
View larger. | Meteorite strike of New Jersey home! Here’s the space rock itself. It crashed through the…
A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
A PhD student in Sydney has produced cosmic dust from scratch by recreating a small piece of the…
When Spirit’s front wheel failed on Mars, engineers drove the rover backwards and let the dead wheel scrape through the soil — accidentally uncovering bright silica that pointed to ancient hot springs or steam vents
Spirit’s right-front wheel stopped turning on 13 March 2006, more than two Earth years after the rover reached…
In 1980, Voyager 1 flew close enough to Titan to reveal its thick nitrogen atmosphere — but the gravity-assist geometry bent the spacecraft permanently out of the planetary plane, trading Uranus and Neptune for one close look at Saturn’s largest moon
On 12 November 1980, Voyager 1 passed 6,490 kilometres from Titan’s centre, about 3,900 kilometres above the moon’s…
Elon Musk Says If SpaceX Accomplishes Its Goals, ‘It Will Be Worth More Than The Rest of Earth’ — Though He’s Also Said ‘Money Will Stop Being Relevant’
Image of CEO Elon Musk by Frederic Legrand – COMEO via Shutterstock Trying to predict Elon Musk’s vision…
Pit found by Quebecer confirmed to be a 390-million-years-old meteorite impact crater – CTV News
Pit found by Quebecer confirmed to be a 390-million-years-old meteorite impact crater CTV NewsCamper Accidentally Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater…
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands | Extreme weather
Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts…
Across Titan’s equator, winds have built dunes around 100 metres high and hundreds of kilometres long — but the grains are water ice coated in hydrocarbons that fell out of the moon’s orange atmosphere
Cassini’s radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan’s equatorial regions. Individual ridges are commonly one…
Why were prehistoric insects so big?
Fossil evidence exists of giant prehistoric insects. Dragonfly-like creatures Meganeura monyi and Meganeuropsis permiana flew on wings 75cm…
Wales hosepipe ban rules explained and the areas affected
A hosepipe ban is set to affect thousands of residents across parts of Wales from Sunday, following a…