Government ‘exploring’ future of UK’s largest telescope
Addressing the Commons, Reynolds said: “The Prime Minister and I have been clear that Jodrell Bank has a…
Restoring nature is key to a more resilient future | Environment
Nature is humanity’s life-support system, but it is being depleted at an alarming rate, leaving our world increasingly…
Six portable telescopes to beat light pollution
Light pollution is the astronomer’s biggest enemy, especially if you’re gazing into deep space. And while some of…
Your beer can only cool so fast. Blame quantum mechanics – Physics World
Your beer can only cool so fast. Blame quantum mechanics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover…
Orwell River dolphin in ‘critical’ recovery period
“If anyone spots the dolphin in the area then we ask people to keep their distance, not crowd…
Severe drought declared in parts of southern England
A hosepipe ban has been in force across Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset…
This is a real image of a huge ‘super Jupiter’ exoplanet close to Earth, and it’s one of the coldest ever seen
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a direct imaged of a distant planet orbiting another star just…
Cyril Hilsum obituary | Physics
Cyril Hilsum’s research into stable liquid crystals and the devices in which they could be used paved the…
‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums | Oceans
Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre line goes taut. Somewhere beneath the murky green surface of…
The hidden costs of fracking: boom in Argentina linked to trail of sickness | Global development
In Allen, a small town in Argentine Patagonia, many people living on the same street ended up falling…
SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas
SpaceX wants to start flying its Starship megarocket a lot more often. The company has requested permission to…
There’s a rare and very strange animal in the Pyrenees that looks like a tiny, hairy elephant
Elusive, aquatic and wonderfully odd, the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is one of Europe’s most mysterious mammals. Found…