Astronomers unveil the magnetic field of the solar corona

While the world has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi…

Longest known comet tail stretched for over a billion kilometres

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft crossed paths with the elongated tail of a comet in 2002, picking up…

Arm out to asteroid

Image: Arm out to asteroid Click here for original story, Arm out to asteroid …

Rapid Action on COVID-19 and EO

The ‘Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation’ dashboard, also known as RACE, provides access to key environmental,…

Ultrastable, selective catalyst for propane dehydrogenation developed

A group of Japanese scientists has developed an ultrastable, selective catalyst to dehydrogenate propane—an essential process…

How is a metal formed?

What does it mean to be a metal? How is a metal formed? These seem like…

Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong's beaches

Surgical masks are washing up in growing quantities on the shores of Hong Kong, a city…

Kenya bans single-use plastics in protected areas

Kenya on World Environment Day barred all single-use plastics such as water bottles and straws from…

Meet the Experts: Cleaning up space

A lot goes into planning a space mission, including how to de-orbit the spacecraft once it…

Stellar snowflakes

Almost like snowflakes, the stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about…