Space to grow, or grow in space—how vertical farms could be ready to take-off

Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing…

COVID-19 pandemic could be learning opportunity for middle-grade students

Educators could use the COVID-19 outbreak to help middle-schoolers better understand the world, according to new…

How the United Arab Emirates Set Its Sights on Mars

The Hope orbiter will make contributions to research on the red planet, but the Emirati government…

[release] JAXA-the Australian Space Agency Joint Statement for Cooperation in the Hayabusa2 Sample Return Mission

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, President, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Dr. Megan Cla …

Cosmic Cataclysm Allows Precise Test of General Relativity

In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. …

How Colliding Neutron Stars Could Shed Light On Universal Mysteries

An important breakthrough in how we can understand dead star collisions and the expansion of the…

Natural solutions boosted to help prevent floods

Hollows in the ground to catch and store heavy rain water are among projects that will…

Winter wave of coronavirus 'could be worse than first'

Modelling suggests there could be a deadly second peak, killing more than 100,000 people in the…

'Hope' and ambition drive UAE's Mars mission

The United Arab Emirates is sending a satellite to the Red Planet to study its weather…

Coronavirus: How did Florida get so badly hit by Covid-19?

Florida is becoming the new US epicentre – but what’s behind the rising case counts? …