Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration
An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is a leap forward
Weather forecasts could warn about events made worse by climate change
A new kind of weather forecast could tell us beforehand whether extreme events, like the 2018 Hurricane Florence, were made
Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such
The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a
Asteroid CAQTDL2 is about to hit Earth – but don’t worry, it is only small
The predicted path of asteroid CAQTDL2 over the Philippines Catalina Sky Survey/ESA Astronomers have just discovered that an asteroid is
Quantum holograms can send messages that disappear
Polarised light can make messages encoded in a quantum hologram disappear Hong Liang, Wai Chun Wong, Tailin An, Jensen Li
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet
The four crew members of the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX is getting ready to execute the first ever civilian
Neolithic engineers used scientific knowledge to build huge megalith
The interior of the monument in Spain known as the Menga dolmen Miguel Ángel Blanco de la Rubia Neolithic people
Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater
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PFAS: How ‘forever chemicals’ reached one of the world’s most pristine areas
A type of hormone-disrupting forever chemical was found in the Amazon’s air Sebastian Brill/MPI-C Some of the most pristine parts