The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch…
Category: Solar System
First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off
The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch…
Monday’s bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years
Here's what you need to know about Monday night's supermoon, when the full moon will be…
Monday’s bright supermoon will be closest to Earth in 68 years
Here's what you need to know about Monday night's supermoon, when the full moon will be…
I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah
The UK Space Agency is test-driving the hunt for life on Mars by remotely operating a…
I watched a rover search for ancient life on Mars – I mean, Utah
The UK Space Agency is test-driving the hunt for life on Mars by remotely operating a…
If a ‘Big Whack’ Made the Moon, Did it Also Knock the Earth on Its Side?
A new study suggests that it did. It also explains that the collision can explain the…
Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
The lander may have turned off its thrusters too early, meaning it smacked into the ground…
Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
The lander may have turned off its thrusters too early, meaning it smacked into the ground…
Pluto may sport clouds of poisonous acid and flammable gases
Wispy features spotted just above the dwarf planet’s surface might be clouds – and they seem…