A report on NASA's plans to stop funding the International Space Station by 2024 reveals that…
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We need lots of carbon dioxide to make Mars habitable for Earth life – and it…
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The jump from Earth to space is often thought to happen 100 kilometres up, but it's…
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Enjoy the latest film in the Ant-Man franchise, find out what exoplanets can teach us about…
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A fleeting glimpse of the ice giants 30 years ago hinted at very weird science that…
Starlight stretched by Milky Way’s black hole proves Einstein right
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity says a black hole’s gravity stretches the light waves of…
Starlight stretched by Milky Way’s black hole proves Einstein right
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity says a black hole’s gravity stretches the light waves of…
Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water…
Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water…
We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface
It might be possible to find evidence of life just a few centimetres below the surface…