NASA attacks India’s ‘terrible’ space weapon test
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said India’s recent anti-satellite missile test was a “terrible thing” because it has created dangerous space debris – despite the US...
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India’s satellite destruction created so much space junk it threatens safety of the ISS
NASA is calling India's destruction of a satellite last week a "terrible, terrible thing" and says the space...
Planet 60 Times Bigger Than Earth Discovered
Researchers have discovered a new five-billion-year-old planet that is 60 times bigger than Earth using data from the...
NASA to send a helicopter to Mars
Not content with rovers, NASA’s next Mars mission will include a helicopter that will be the first human craft to fly around another planet and...
Analyst calls US bluff on imminent test of ‘DEATH RAY’ with ‘tiny’ budget
The Pentagon wants $300 million to experiment with a space-based direct energy weapon for intercepting ballistic missiles –...
Long missions risk activating herpes virus, NASA warns astronauts
NASA has warned its astronauts and International Space Station crews that long spaceflight missions risk triggering herpes eruptions...
A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality
Back in 1961, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Eugene Wigner outlined a thought experiment that demonstrated one of the lesser-known paradoxes of quantum mechanics. The experiment...
NASA to open untouched moon samples for 1st time since Apollo missions
NASA has selected nine teams to study untouched moon samples brought back to Earth by the Apollo 15,...
Bezos, Bloomberg and Gates back revolutionary exploration tech
A new startup backed by several tech heavyweights is using revolutionary big data analytics to find new, ethical...
Mini ‘cheetah’ robot learns to do backflips & withstand kicks….
A “virtually indestructible” four-legged robot capable of backflips and righting itself after being knocked over has come out...
Red dwarf’s light show baffles astronomers
A star’s drastic dimming has sparked intrigue among astronomers due to the strange manner in which it faded. Observers spotted a deep, day-long asymmetric dimming...
Mice given ‘night vision’ superpower with simple injection
Have you ever wanted to be able to see in the dark? Scientists have managed to give mice...
US Air Force turns to sci-fi classics for program names
The US Air Force may be better known for its warplanes, bombs, and missiles than its geeky wit,...
Staggering discovery reveals moon lies INSIDE Earth’s atmosphere
The Earth’s atmosphere is much bigger than previously thought, extending far beyond the Moon, a team of scientists have revealed. The amazing discovery was made...
‘Crazy, methane-based’ alien life could exist on Titan’s surface
A NASA planetary scientist tasked with discovering life in our solar system’s ‘Ocean Worlds’ has put forward the...
Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a...
From the Cosmos to the Clinic: A New Type of DNA Is Created
A, G, T and C are quite possibly the most famous letters of the alphabet (if you are a biologist at least) and make up...