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Meteorite strike in South Africa: scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from
Roger Lawrence Gibson, University of the Witwatersrand and Deon van Niekerk, Rhodes University On a Sunday morning in…
Yellow food dye can make living tissue transparent – these methods could one day improve cancer treatment, blood draws and even tattoo removal
A dye called FD&C Yellow 5 could have some useful scientific properties. Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Moment via Getty Images…
Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has before
Spacewalks are among the more dangerous activities associated with human spaceflight. Ignatiev/E+ via Getty Images Chris Impey, University…
The ozone hole above Antarctica will keep opening up each spring for decades to come – here’s why that still matters
NASA via Getty Images Laura Revell, University of Canterbury; Dan Smale, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research,…
Snowball Earth: how we discovered unique Scottish rocks record when Earth was first encased in ice
Graham Shields, UCL and Elias Rugen, UCL More than 700 million years ago, the Earth was plunged into…
Accepting uncertainty in sustainable fisheries is essential in a rapidly changing Arctic
Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Memorial University of Newfoundland Climate change is making it almost impossible to decide how much, where…
The Moon had surprisingly recent volcanic activity, samples from Chinese space mission confirm
Lionel Wilson, Lancaster University Volcanoes were erupting on the Moon as recently as 120 million years ago, evidence…
The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space
The Boeing Starliner, shown as it approached the International Space Station. NASA via AP Michael E. Fossum, Texas…
Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts to stay six more months in space – what this means for the future of commercial spaceflight
The Boeing Starliner docked with the International Space Station on July 3 2024, during the latest mission. Nasa…
What is space made of? An astrophysics expert explains all the components – from radiation to dark matter – found in the vacuum of space
Light from stars travels through space, which is mostly an empty vacuum. William Attard McCarthy – McCarthy’s PhotoWorks/Moment…