Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these depths could further scientific understanding, but also lead to exploitation.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Safety Advisory Committee has expressed doubts about whether SpaceX's Starship lunar lander version can support the Artemis 3 mission as ...
In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.
The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...
A monumental new artwork representing the Sun has arrived in Plymouth. Internationally renowned artist Luke Jerram has ...
Since the beginning of the 1960s, mankind took a giant leap by aiming for the Moon and beyond in pursuit of colonisation. The idea of a “Space Race” ...
The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...
There will be four eclipses this year, two solar and two lunar, but only the lunar eclipses will be total. Moreover, there will be 12 full moons this year, when lunar eclipses can occur, and 12 new ...
With its new funding, Icarus is working towards a 2027 launch to the ISS, when it will be able to test its robots in space.
A powerful software tool capable of accurately modeling how cameras capture light could help democratize the development of ...
A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...
Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...