From building its own space station, to capturing an asteroid and putting it in orbit around the Moon, China’s space…
Everything you need to know about China’s ambitious space plans
From building its own space station, to capturing an asteroid and putting it in orbit around the Moon, China’s space…
In 1770, a huge solar storm turned the skies of Asia red for two weeks
Almost 250 years ago, for over two weeks, the skies above parts of Asia lit up in what looked like…
As funding falls, the ISS may have to part-privatise to stay in orbit
The future of space travel is looking increasingly private. Next year, out of four planned missions to land a rover…
This bizarre stellar explosion goes against all we know about stars
When a massive star, more than eight times the mass of our Sun, runs out of fuel to keep it…
We’ve spied an interstellar body in our solar system for the first time
Last week, the first comet or asteroid to come to our solar system form somewhere else was discovered. At first, astronomers were…
Visual trick fools AI into thinking a turtle is really a rifle
When is a turtle not a turtle? When it’s a rifle. It sounds like a bad riddle but this is…
Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’s a fix
Bitcoin has an energy problem. The cryptocurrency and the blockchain it runs on, have long been heralded as shining examples…
We’re closer then ever to understanding how matter interacts on the tiniest scale
It’s been a big few weeks for physics. First, in what is probably the announcement of the year, we managed…
We need to talk about science’s sexism problem
The gender divide in science is well documented. Not only do fewer females study science subjects at school and University,…
Abigail Beall 