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A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch
Earth isn’t doing so great. Thanks to human-induced climate change, the seas are warming and rising,…
SpaceX targets Starship flight next week – just a month after last one
Starship during a high-altitude flight test SpaceX SpaceX is making preparations for the sixth test flight…
Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet
Uranus is more normal than we had thought NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Uranus’s strange magnetic field…
Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?
The universe is full of matter Mohd. Afuza/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost…
We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars
Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren’t exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red…
Chinese rover finds further evidence for an ancient ocean on Mars
Topographical map of Mars showing Utopia Planitia, which may once have been an ocean U.S. Geological…
What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change
When it comes to natural disasters, most are impossible to predict more than a few months…
If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?
Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course…
Distant dwarf planet Makemake might have a surprising ice volcano
A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred by…