- Scientists have identified the distinctive, tell-tale rumbles of different rocket launch vehicles and they are too low to be heard by human ears. Known as infrasound, they are sound waves that travel thousands of miles and are created as part of the…
- Ultra-processed foods such as frozen pizza and fizzy drinks make up more than 60 per cent of the calories consumed by British children, a new study has found. This puts children at increased risk of obesity in adulthood, according to the team from…
- NASA has finished assembling its massive $18.6 billion (£13.18 billion) Space Launch System (SLS) 'megarocket' that will fly astronauts back to the moon over the coming decade. SLS will launch for the first time in November this year, sending the…
- The price of bitcoin hit a two-week peak just shy of $40,000 on Monday after Elon Musk said Tesla may resume accepting the cryptocurrency for its cars. Bitcoin has gyrated to Musk's views for months ever since Tesla announced a $1.5 billion bitcoin…
- An adventurer with money to burn has paid £20million for a seat on a spaceship alongside Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. The space tourist, whose identity will be revealed soon, secured their place on the first crewed spaceflight by Bezos’s Blue…
- A stunning partial solar eclipse appeared for skygazers in the UK and US this morning, making the sun appear as a crescent in the morning sky. During the event, about 30 per cent of the sun was blocked out in Scotland, 20 per cent in southern England…
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has made its seventh successful flight on Mars, this time landing in an airfield that had only previously been seen by a Mars orbiter. The 4-pound helicopter made its successful journey on June 6, more than two weeks after…
- The deadline to become the next European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut closes next week, with the succesful candidate likely to travel to the Moon by 2030. A recruitment drive was launched in February with the goal of training a new generation of…
- Astronomers have created a series of stunning maps showing the stellar nurseries where stars are born, revealing the diversity of galaxies throughout the Universe. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers completed…
- Wearing a face mask for extended periods of time is causing some people to have severe outbreaks of skin conditions like eczema and acne, dermatologists warn. Experts explored instances of the most common causes of facial conditions directly caused…
