- NASA has signed an agreement with reality TV competition 'Space Hero' to send the winner up to the International Space Station for 10 days as the first prize. The Space Act Agreement between the agency and the production company doesn't guarantee…
- Humans have at least six distinct emotions including pain, anger, fear, pleasure, sadness and joy that can be conveyed within our screams, a new study reveals. Scientists from the University of Zurich had 12 volunteers scream in a positive and…
- People who experience a dip in their blood sugar levels after eating end up feeling hungrier and so eat hundreds more calories than others, study reveals. Researchers from King's College London collected data on blood sugar levels and other health…
- An emission-free 'nuclear powered' 984ft-long science exploration vessel, as large as the world's longest cruise ship will launch in 2025 with 22 cutting edge laboratories and over 400 people on board. The Earth 300 vessel has been designed to 'unite…
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is 'healthy' but its maiden flight has been delayed and it will now not launch until at least next week due to a software update. Ingenuity's trip, which is to be the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another…
- Roads and the vehicles using them are responsible for 84 per cent of microplastics found in the atmosphere, according to the results of a new study. Researchers from Utah State University examined different sources of atmospheric microplastic…
- A fleet of driverless autonomous robot taxis could be ferrying passengers around Dubai as early as 2023, according to vehicle manufacturer Cruise. The firm is backed by General Motors and Honda and will use its fully autonomous Origin vehicles, first…
- An optical illusion that uses a large red circle and a small white dot to trick your mind allows you to see a shade of cyan that your eyes may never have seen before. The classic 'true cyan colour illusion' is trending again because of TikTok and it…
- It is 60 years since Russian pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave the embrace of planet Earth and venture into space. To mark the occasion people, space agencies and governments around the world are celebrating the…
- A huge asteroid three times the size of a London bus will zip between Earth and the moon tomorrow at a distance of just 159,000 miles, NASA has revealed. Dubbed 2021 GT3, the 108ft long space rock will fly by the Earth on April 10, making its closest…