Geothermal energy on Mars may have melted ice below the planet’s surface billions of years ago,…
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Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?
Many galaxies seem to have bubbles of dark matter enveloping them, but finding out if every…
There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system
Bizarre volcanoes that ooze ice magma or explode like geysers reveal the geological rumblings beneath other…
Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapses after 57 years
The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed, just weeks after the US National Science…
NASA can't decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear
NASA has partnered with consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble to develop a detergent that can…
Earth’s early atmosphere may have been toxic like the one on Venus
After the moon formed, Earth was probably left with an ocean of molten rock, which may…
China's Chang'e 5 probe is the start of a new era of lunar exploration
Chang’e 5 is set to bring moon rocks back to Earth for the first time in…
The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology
Different measurements of the Hubble constant, the rate of space-time expansion, refuse to agree – meaning…
China is about to launch its most advanced mission to the moon yet
The robotic Chang’e 5 mission will land on the moon, gather rock samples and then blast…
China has launched its most advanced mission to the moon yet
The robotic Chang’e 5 mission will land on the moon, gather rock samples and then blast…