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…

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…