A meteor which entered the Earth’s atmosphere was so bright it could be seen over a plethora of countries. Residents of southern England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Luxembourg were treated to the stunning phenomenon. More than 100 people reported the sighting to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) as the […]
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October is proving to be a fantastic month for stargazers with two Full Moons and Mars’s closest approach to Earth this year. The Red Planet is now the third brightest object in the night skies, after the Moon and Venus, and is joined by Jupiter and Saturn in the southwestern […]
Just weeks after the reported discovery of phosphine on Venus – a potential sign of life in the clouds above its hellish surface – a robot spacecraft will study the planet as it swings by on its exploration of the solar system. The BepiColombo space probe’s flyby above Venus at […]
Astrobiologist David Grinspoon is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and an expert on surface-atmospheric interactions on terrestrial planets, such as Venus. Credit: Courtesy of David Grinspoon Over the years, space missions to hellish Venus have been few and far between. But the idea of intensely studying that […]
UFO hunters were sent into a frenzy when they spotted what they believe to be an alien city spanning more than 100 kilometres on the edge of a crater on the Moon. Images from Google Moon Map revealed “finger-like structures” sitting in a crater on the lunar surface. According to […]
After a year spent drifting across the top of the world, frozen in sea ice, a German research ship returned home on Monday, ending the largest Arctic science expedition in history, one aimed at better understanding a region that is rapidly changing as the world warms. The ship, the Polarstern, […]
12.58pm BST12:58 The drivers line up at the end of the grid for the “End Racism” message. And we get an slightly ear-bothering solo-violinist version of the German national anthem. 12.46pm BST12:46 Lewis Hamilton has called in a problem with his steering wheel over the radio – a comfort problem […]
By Fathin Ungku, Ernest Scheyder SINGAPORE/HOUSTON (Reuters) – When miners at Indonesia’s giant Grasberg gold and copper mine started testing positive for coronavirus early in the pandemic, the mountain-top mining complex was quickly locked down with a skeletal staff left in place to maintain production. FILE PHOTO: Freeport workers gather […]