It is well known how a huge meteorite wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. But there was a previous extinction 202 million years ago which killed off the big reptiles who up until then ruled the planet, clearing the way for dinosaurs to take over. What led to them thriving after this so-called … Read more
A solar eclipse… from SPACE! NASA probe snaps the moon passing in front of the sun in stunning images capturing the ‘lunar mountains backlit by solar fire’ NASA spacecraft has captured the moon passing in front of the sun from space in a stunning series of images Solar eclipse was not visible from Earth, and … Read more
A spacecraft that has circled Mars over 1,300 times has captured a stunning series photos covering the entire planet. China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has returned high-resolution images of the Martian south pole, where almost all of the planet’s water resources are locked. Other images show the 2,485-mile (4,000-kilometre) long canyon Valles Marineris, and the impact craters … Read more
SpaceX Starship’s Super Heavy Rocket is ready for what could be its final launch pad test before a likely orbital test flight in July. The massive Super Heavy Booster 7, which has 33 Raptor engines, was transported to its orbital launch pad on June 23. An enormous robotic arm mounted the rocket to the launch … Read more
Stunning Jupiter storm photographs can be analyzed by citizens in new scientific project A new project empowers citizens to identify the composition of Jupiter’s storms Scientists have long sought to understand the ‘vortices’ forming in the clouds of these storms Jupiter more than 467 million miles from Earth and its atmosphere is composed of hydrogen … Read more
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
Go ahead and order that drum kit, as noise-cancelling wallpaper may not be too far away. Scientists have found that when they mount tiny sections of moth wings onto a hard surface they are able to absorb up to 87 per cent of the incoming sound waves. The research team at the University of Bristol … Read more
An incredibly rare species of deep-sea dragonfish with a shimmering metallic bronze hue has been spotted in the ‘twilight zone’. Marine scientists filmed the highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi) at 980 feet (300 meters) deep in Monterey Bay, Moss Landing, California. Footage shows the fish elegantly swimming through the water, like a bronze Parker pen or … Read more
From Blade Runner 2049 to Star Wars: Episode III, many of the most popular science fiction blockbusters feature swarms of flying cars. Now, scientists have taken inspiration from these films, to train swarms of drones to navigate through dense forests with expert precision. The team from Zhejiang University captured incredible footage of 10 bright blue … Read more
Up to 50 shooting stars per hour will light up the night sky when the Eta Aquarids meteor shower reaches its peak later this week. The annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place between 19 April and 28 May, but will peak between midnight and dawn on Friday (May 6), according to Royal Observatory Greenwich. … Read more
