Our sun is destined to ‘kick and spit’ its way across the solar system when it dies
Scientists have discovered that dying stars don’t go down without a fight. New research suggests that when stars…
In 1946, a captured Nazi V-2 rocket launched from White Sands carried a 35mm motion picture camera to an altitude of 105 kilometres, and the grainy black-and-white frames it brought back became the first photographs of Earth taken from space — years before the camera’s own engineers had a name for the boundary it had crossed.
On October 24, 1946, a 35mm DeVry motion picture camera bolted into the nose of a captured German…
Quebec town recognizes trees as living beings with rights
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
NASA’s Experimental Fabrication Branch Fuels Aircraft Innovation
At NASA, innovation begins well before an aircraft takes flight. The Experimental Fabrication Branch at NASA’s Armstrong Flight…
Bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy discovered by citizen scientist
Astronomers have discovered a “remarkable” bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy with an enormous arc-like structure extending nearly 1.8 million light-years…
Oxfordshire recycling centres to close early over heatwave
The Met Office has issued a red weather warning for Wednesday June 24 until Thursday June 25, which…
How to Watch SpaceX Launch Its Secretive Starfall Capsule
SpaceX is preparing the first flight of Starfall, a reentry vehicle the company could use to manufacture pharmaceuticals…
Can Time Flow in Reverse? A Quantum Breakthrough Challenges Our Assumptions
Scientists have developed quantum control techniques that can suppress or even reverse a quantum system’s perceived arrow of…
A spate of shark bites has Australian ocean lovers on edge. People want to know why they’re rising | Sharks
Rob Harcourt is heading back from a “beautiful surf” at Bondi on a warm and sunny winter’s morning…
During the 1859 solar storm, telegraph operators disconnected their batteries entirely — yet messages kept flowing on the storm’s own current as sparks showered from the machines and the paper caught fire
On the morning of September 2, 1859, telegraph operators in Boston and Portland reported equipment sparking and shocks…
Indaver’s £589m Rivenhall EfW receives first waste
Located within a former quarry near Silver End, Witham, the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) will aim…
June 22, 1675: The Royal Observatory Greenwich is founded.
Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, a landmark institution in navigation, timekeeping, and astronomy…