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‘City killer’ asteroid to pass between Earth and moon’s orbit

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will travel harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,...

24 Mar 2023 at 09:19

Arts & Entertainment

Scorching swirling clouds spotted on remote planet

Swirling hot sand clouds have been detected on a distant planet by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers pinpointed silicate cloud features in the distant planet’s atmosphere. They found that the atmosphere is constantly rising, mixing ...

23 Mar 2023 at 13:42

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US astronomers observe star devouring planet in possible preview of Earth's end

Astronomers have spotted a star devouring a planet in a possible preview of the ultimate fate of Earth. As a star runs out of fuel, it will billow out to a million times its original size, engulfing any matter – and planets – in its wake. ...

04 May 2023 at 11:55

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REVEALED: Price of ticket for space tourism flight

An 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease will be one of three passengers on board Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight when it blasts off on Thursday. Jon Goodwin, from Newcastle, will join Keisha Schahaff, 46, and ...

09 Aug 2023 at 11:41

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Satellite expected to fall to Earth after nearly 30 years in space

A European satellite is expected to fall to Earth on Wednesday after nearly 30 years in space. The ERS-2 satellite was launched in 1995, following on from its sister satellite, ERS-1, which had been launched four years earlier. At their ...

21 Feb 2024 at 11:55

National News

'Big Ring' discovered in distant universe as scientists scramble to understand it

Scientists have discovered a gargantuan ring-shaped structure – about 1.3 billion light-years in diameter – that they say is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe. Dubbed the Big Ring, this ultra-large structure – with ...

15 Jan 2024 at 16:14

National News

European spacecraft launches to explore whether moons of Jupiter can support life

A European spacecraft has launched and is on its first leg of the journey to Jupiter in a mission to explore whether its ocean-bearing moons can support life. The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), blasted off ...

14 Apr 2023 at 14:16

National News

Earth's inner core may be changing rotation, new research suggests

Scientists have reason to believe that our planet's inner core may be changing rotation. According to new research published in journal Nature Geoscience, which analysed seismic waves from repeating earthquakes over the last six ...

24 Jan 2023 at 15:18

Scientists observe ‘flattest’ explosion ever seen in space – study

An explosion the size of our solar system has baffled scientists, as its shape – similar to that of an extremely flat disc – challenges everything they know about explosions in space. Astronomers observed the explosion 180 ...

01 Apr 2023 at 12:24

Arts & Entertainment

New source of water found in moon samples from space mission

Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission. Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts ...

28 Mar 2023 at 16:50

National News

REVEALED: Where did the Nasa satellite fall on Earth?

An old Nasa satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency has reported. Nasa officials said they have received no reports of damage or injury so far from ...

21 Apr 2023 at 09:55

National News

Rocket big enough for 100 space tourists explodes above ocean minutes after lift-off

SpaceX’s Starship – the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever developed – has exploded minutes after blasting off. The launch, which took place from SpaceX’s Starbase in the US state of Texas, came after a ...

20 Apr 2023 at 17:11

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