Lightning can produce special waves of energy RooM the Agency/Alamy An overlooked mechanism lets energy from…
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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right
Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, from the epic battles…
Hellish conditions have warped an Earth-like planet into an egg
Exoplanets that get too close to their parent stars experience harsh conditions Nazarii_Neshcherenskyi/Shutterstock A distant Earth-sized…
We keep finding water on Mars – here are all the places it might be
Martian water may be lurking beneath – or even above – the planet’s surface NASA/JPL/USGS Mars…
The JUICE spacecraft may be visible on a near-Earth flyby next week
The JUICE spacecraft may be visible from South-East Asia during an unprecedented manoeuvre ESA The Jupiter…
Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?
Terraforming Mars would make the planet more like Earth and better able to sustain life as…
A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery
Illustration of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive…
Starliner: Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams on the International Space Station NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore…
We could use glitter-like iron rods to help Mars support life
Terraforming Mars would make the planet more like Earth and better able to sustain life as…
Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point
The International Space Station (ISS) is reaching the end of its life, with agencies around the…