Unusual but ‘unforgettable’ solar eclipse event happening in Cornwall
In one of the best viewing spots in the whole country (except don’t look at it, obviously) Emma…
Can China’s electric rocket launcher make Elon Musk’s chemical rockets obsolete?
The first version of Falcon 9, launched in 2010, reportedly brought the cost of reaching orbit down by…
NASA satellite reveals ‘hummingbird’ hidden beneath icy Antarctic surface
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium chloride crystals.…
How does a planet spin so slowly that a single day there lasts longer than its entire year, while the clouds above it race all the way around in just four days?
Venus appears to keep two incompatible clocks. Its solid surface takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once…
Arts and humanities have a role in understanding space exploration | Space
Where are the arts and humanities in current debates about space research? The physicist Laura Grego tells us…
‘It’s not rocket science’: a day in the life of a Nasa behavioral health scientist | Well actually
Dr Suzanne Bell, an organizational psychologist, leads the Behavioral Health and Performance Laboratory at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center.…
Juno Measures the Heat Below Io’s Restless Surface
Jupiter’s moon Io is a strange one. It’s the driest object in the Solar System, has the strongest…
David Malin Astrophotography Awards 2026
Above: “Bay Beyond Beauty” by Mark Osmotherly, Highly Commended, Nightscapes (International) Category, David Malin Awards 2026 “Observers” by Nathan…
Scientists just found sugar in space. Here’s why that matters
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
Antarctica’s ‘hummingbird’ revealed in stunning new NASA radar
article A new radar image captured by the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite reveals an Antarctic landscape…
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on…
2 meteor showers are about to peak on the same night — what to know about the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids
Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers…