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The space exploration company has said that it will fire its Falcon Heavy rocket in a test flight from the Kennedy Space Center “at the end of the month”, without…
What is the Mars Jupiter conjunction? Astronomers are looking forward to one of the closest conjunctions of the year this weekend, when Mars and Jupiter will rise above the horizon…
The area, has been bombarded with freezing temperatures as low as -29C and up to 16 inches of snow in the last few weeks, thanks to Storm Grayson. After claiming…
Storm Grayson has been hurtling over the east coast of the US, bringing with it freezing temperatures and up to 16 inches of snow in places and claiming the lives…
Its top-secret Zuma payload was originally due to be sent into space onboard the rocket on Thursday evening. The launch was then delayed to tonight between 8pm and 10pm Eastern…
SpaceX has targeted Friday January 5 to launch a secret US satellite on board its signature Falcon 9 rocket, the US Air Force has revealed. The “restricted” payload, codename Zuma,…
It has already been proven that snow can fall on Mars thanks to the Curiosity 7 Mars Rover, but a 2017 study revealed that it can fall swiftly onto the…
GETTY Mars and Jupiter conjunction: The two iconic planets will cross paths on Sunday January 7 The new year is off to a roaring start with the biggest supermoon of…
In 2015, astronomers spotted a distant star which seemed to be fluctuating in brightness. Conspiracy theorists claimed an advanced alien civilisation had built the structure – or Dyson Sphere –…
Developed by former Oxford University students, the product known as ‘PullClean’ – which has just been launched in the UK – doubles as a door handle and a hand sanitiser.…
When is the Mars and Jupiter conjunction? Mars and Jupiter will pass each other at 3.37am GMT on Sunday January 7 2018. The conjunction will happen in the southeast sky…
The strange pictures show Wojtek the Bear who was enlisted as a private in the Polish Army during World War Two, Finnish soldiers using slingshots to lob grenades at Soviet…
In the last 24 hours, the southwestern State in the US has been rocked by seven tremors, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). All but three of the tremors…
Archaeologists have stumbled upon a 1,000 year old Aztec stone shrine which they believe is the ancient civilisation’s design of the universe. The stone “tetzacualco” was discovered at the bottom…
Supatra “Natty” Susuphan, 17, from the Thai capital Bangkok, has been showing off her newly hair-free face on social media. Miss Susuphan suffers from the extremely rare Ambras Syndrome, also…
The theory, which falls under the zoo hypothesis – which claims that aliens are watching us – is an attempt at explaining the Fermi Paradox. In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi…
What are the Quadrantids? The Quadrantid meteors are thought to come from the asteroid 2003 EH1, which is likely to be an extinct comet and NASA has described as a…
A so-called supermoon is threatening to drown out the Quadrantid Meteor Shower tonight, after it peaked on New Year’s Day. But astronomy enthusiasts should not despair as the Quadrantids are…
While normally one of the year’s most spectacular shows, the Quadrantids won’t be at their best in 2018 following the Full Wolf Supermoon’s illumination of the sky this week. The…
The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak tonight (January 3) and coincides with the closest and largest full moon of the year – the Full Wolf Moon. The supermoon reached its…
A strong 5.1 magnitude quake hit off the coast of Guam, around 157 kilometres from the mainland. The tremor struck at 12.21 GMT on January 3 at a depth of…
Stargazers across the UK are looking forward to what NASA has described as “one of the best annual meteor showers” this evening. The Quadrantids can produce up to 100 meteors…
Despite the name, a Blue Moon is actually white, but it is a total eclipse that involves the second full moon in a month. The first full moon has taken…
NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has been monitoring the mesosphere – the layer in the Earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere – and noticed a stunning phenomenon…
The annual meteor shower is active this year from December 22 2017 to January 17 2018, but will reach a sharp peak between January 3 and January 4. During this…
In a dramatic increase, the number of children suffering from the condition, which can cause bowed legs due to soft bones, has almost doubled since 1997. Haris Majeed, who published…
The annual meteor shower which peaks in early January has been labelled by NASA’s astronomers as one of the best showers of the year. Known for its dazzling fireballs, the…
The “potentially hazardous” asteroid, which was only discovered last week by the US space agency, is set to zoom past Earth in the early hours of January 3. The space…
One side of the Moon is always facing Earth thanks to the gravitational pull of tides on Earth, a process known as “tidal locking”. No organisation has ever managed to…
The average temperature of the globe is continuously rising, and scientists believe that by 2050, we will be living on a dangerously hot planet. If the world’s temperature rises by…
The massive eight tonne ‘space lab’ named Tiangong-1 was lost by Chinese officials in March of 2016, and for months experts failed to find it. The satellite was launched in…
What time is the Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2018? Quadrantid meteors have been visible for the past week but the shower will reach its peak at about 9pm GMT on Wednesday…
A chocolate shortage is on the horizon as the cacao tree, on which cocoa beans are grown, can only survive in humid rainforest conditions. The delicate plant is under threat…
The New Year supermoon was the second of a trilogy of awe-inspiring supermoons between December and the end of January. NASA has said that the next “extra special” supermoon will…
Last night’s full moon was the first of two supermoons due to brighten night skies this month – and it did not disappoint. Clear skies over most of the UK…
The Virtual Telescope Project’s live stream showed the full moon rising above the legendary skyline of Rome in Italy last night. You can watch the live stream above to relive…
The physicists are attempting to harness the power of Quantum Entanglement – a bizarre force which allows one particle to ‘talk’ to a mirror particle even if it is on…
The supermoon will peak in the night sky at 9.24pm EST (2.24am GMT Tuesday January 2). The peak comes hours after it reaches its perigee – its closest point to…
The supermoon on January 1 is the second in a cycle of three supermoons which started on December 3 2017 and will end on January 31 where we will also…
The supermoon will rise in the western hemisphere on New Year’s Day – January 1 – in the late evening hours. However those in the eastern hemisphere will be able…
Residents preparing for their New Year’s Eve celebrations reported the mysterious object as it emerged in the skies above Britain. At least 679 reports were made to the International Meteor…
It’s the second in an unprecedented supermoon trio which started on December 3 2017 and will end on January 31. The supermoon will peak at around 2.24am, with the Met…
Stargazers across the globe will focus their attention on the night skies on January 1, when the first and largest supermoon of the new year rises. The New Year’s Day…
Superstring theory, which underpins some of Professor Stephen Hawking’s ground-breaking research and hunt for a Theory of Everything, is a scientific hypothetical helping pull together diverse views of the universe.…
The chemically engineered drink allows the body to burn fat without having to cut down on your favourite foods. And now San Franciso company HVMN – pronounced ‘human’ – is…
The largest full moon of the year will rise in the late evening hours on New Year’s Day to be briefly but intensely lit up by the sun’s rays. The…
When is the January supermoon 2018? Stargazers heading into the new year are expecting to see not one, but two spectacular supermoons in January. The first of the two, and…
GETTY Nostradamus 2018 predictions foretell cataclysmic wars and natural disasters Michel de Nostredame, a famed 16th century French prophet and apothecary, warned nearly 500 years ago that humanity is facing…