Fox News reports that the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to give the moon its own time zone. According to Pietro Giordano, a navigation system engineer for the ESA, scientists want to find a "common lunar reference time" to keep track of time when on the moon.
Thruxted Mill was one of five UK sites where Mad Cow infected cattle were destroyed. Now, a University of Kent professor warns human activity must never be encouraged there
‘Mainly, we were in shock, but amazed that we got to witness it,’ spectator says
NASA's next big space telescope is under construction with help from ESA - and scientists hope it will answer questions about dark matter.
Plus! North Korea ‘simulates nukes drill’
Trophy hunters removed the head, tail and fin from the shark before scientists could study it
Mitochondria, which are found in every cell in the body, play an important role in brain function.
A new play explores the short life of Jeremiah Horrocks, whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’
University of Manchester scientists have created a new material, dubbed 'StarCrete', which is made from extra-terrestrial dust, potato starch, and salt - and could be used to build homes on Mars. Building infrastructure in space is currently prohibitively expensive and difficult to achieve. Future space construction will need to rely on simple materials that are easily available to astronauts - and StarCrete offers one possible solution. The scientists behind the invention used simulated Martian
Science writer Marcus Chown breaks down the mysteries of the universe into manageable chunks
Virgin Orbit has begun drawing up detailed contingency plans for its insolvency days after halting its operations and furloughing its workforce. Sky News has learnt that the commercial space satellite venture founded by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is working with Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) and Ducera, two restructuring firms, on fallback plans in the event that it cannot secure new funding. The decision to line up the advisers underlines the parlous nature of Virgin Orbit's finances, even as it continues talks with a small number of prospective investors about providing sufficient funding to restart its operations.
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China collected COVID-19 virus data in 2019, but only recently released it. The World Health Organization is urging it to be more transparent.
Historian Dan Snow assembled team to ‘secure the shark for science’ but head, tail and fin were gone
Huge dinosaur thought to be as long as three London buses and half the width of a football pitch
Kayla Barron could potentially be the first woman to step foot on the lunar surface as part of Nasa’s Artemis missions.
A MONSTROUS creature, part man, part bull stalks a huge labyrinth from which it can never escape.
There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil.But Trindade island is the remotest place on the planet they have been found so far, she said.
Current risk of transmission from birds to humans remains low, but vaccine producers are ready to prepare a new shot “within months”
To a faction of researchers who maintain that the coronavirus was the result of a laboratory accident, recent findings involving raccoon dogs failed to produce convincing evidence.
Thomas Hertog worked with cosmologist on a new book after he shared his doubts about A Brief History of Time
