Astroboffins are so confident, this once dangerous near-Earth object has now been struck off official risk lists Humanity can breathe a sigh of relief. Asteroid 99942 Apophis, a 340-metre-wide space rock scientists initially believed to be one of th…
Lees meerLawmakers still need to sign off on launch from UK soil, though Scotland-based rocketeers are set to receive £8.5m in funding under the European Space Agency's (ESA) Boost! initiative.…
Lees meerFabric from Wright brothers' aircraft makes it to Mars Ingenuity, NASA’s dual-rotor drone right now strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover on Mars, is set to perform humankind's first-ever powered aircraft flight on another planet within th…
Lees meerMost intimate snap yet of M87's supermassive abyss Pic + video Astronomers have captured the most detailed image yet of a supermassive black hole, demonstrating at an intimate level how its magnetic field polarizes light from the phenomenon.…
Lees meerMagnetic docking may be the key to deorbit junk in future Video Astroboffins are gearing up to test a method to remove future space junk from Earth's orbit with the launch of ELSA-d, an experimental spacecraft that uses magnetism to snare debris.…
Lees meerFailed firm was full of it, Feds say Jessica Richman, 46, and Zachary Apte, 36, co-founders of San Francisco-based medical testing startup uBiome, have been indicted on civil and criminal charges for allegedly bilking investors out of $60m.…
Lees meerEven though its Great Red Spot appears to be shrinking, the storm behind it will probably live on Terrifying winds rip across Jupiter’s poles reaching speeds of up to 400 metres per second, or 900 miles an hour, three times faster than the most powe…
Lees meerCould slow the spread of misinformation without needing draconian law Research including a Twitter field experiment has found social media organisations might have a 3rd option that doesn't involve the banhammer or a laissez faire attitude to tackli…
Lees meerSpace agency now that much closer to the Moon tossing multi-million dollar Space Shuttle engines in sea NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stage has finally completed its test, taking the Artemis program one step closer to the Moon and relieving …
Lees meerRemember the dream of microscale machines? They may look like this Video Measuring just 60 microns across – about the width of a single strand of human hair – the world’s smallest self-folding origami bird is a feat of engineering.…
Lees meerRolling over the Martian stones toward a drop-off for the Ingenuity Helicopter Ever wondered what it sounds like to drive on Mars? The answer involves clonks, squeaks, and a distressing amount of scratching.…
Lees meerNew science challenges theory of liquid lost in space Up to 99 per cent of the water once in the ancient lakes and oceans on Mars is trapped in the planet’s crust and was not lost to space, according to a study in Science this week.…
Lees meerResearchers to bask in 100+ days of continuous sunlight Russia and China have signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction of an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) on the Moon's south pole.…
Lees meerTiny golden balls may help unravel mysteries of nature's weakest force at a quantum level It might not have occured to rock lugging early humans in the Stone Age that gravity is a relatively weak force, but it is.…
Lees meerSay goodbye to the lovely cleaner air we've been breathing for a year The COVID-19 pandemic has passed the one-year mark, and as vaccines roll out, there is light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. Here's something to dampen the spirits, though: …
Lees meerIn two to four years, and there's no danger, NASA tells The Reg The most massive chunk of junk yet was just ejected from the International Space Station – though, don’t worry, the 2.9-ton crate containing old batteries shouldn’t be too much of a nui…
Lees meerSpace: Not all its cracked up to be Bad news for astronauts and cosmonauts alike: The International Space Station (ISS) is continuing to lose pressure after Russian attempts to patch cracks in the outpost's hole have failed to stem leaks.…
Lees meerNew reconstruction based on more evidence finds ancient mechanical computer could track planets, moon, eclipses, even the seasons and stars Academics from University College London and The Cyprus Institute assert that they’ve built the most accurate…
Lees meerGross? Maybe, but at least your Fitbit is still working Imagine you are out for a run with tunes fuelling your stride. Suddenly, your earbuds run out of juice and your good vibes come to a screeching halt. "Ugh," you groan as you look to your activi…
Lees meerWriting to forbidden memory and not closing the door cause headaches for custodians of restored spacecraft The Hubble Space Telescope resumed science operations this morning after a software error knocked the veteran spacecraft offline.…
Lees meerLess pew, pew, pew and more click, click, click NASA released this week the first audio recordings captured by its six-wheeled nuclear-powered rover Perseverance in action, zapping rock samples as the Martian wind eerily whispers in the background..…
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