Earth observation spacecraft, capable of photographing features on the planet 20inches wide, will hitch a lift into orbit with the next SpaceX Starlink satellites. The observation satellites are operated byPlanet, who say the three new spacecraft being launched on the Falcon rocket will bring their constellation up to 18. Planet’s SkySat network orbit 279 miles … Read more
After decades of studying Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have found it is drifting 100 times faster away from the planet than previously believed –a total of four inches per year. Titan currently sits 759,000 miles from the ringed planet, but the new data proposes it was much closer 4.5 billion years ago. This means the … Read more
Mars’s moon Phobos was once a ring of rubble around the Red Planet that clumped together to form a solid ball – and it may disintegrate again in about 100 million years Astronomers from the SETI Institute looked at the orbit of the two Martian moons They wanted to confirm a 2017 theory that Phobos … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
The war on the use of reusable plastic has never been an easy one. But since the Covid-19 pandemic hit it’s become even more complex, as the drive towards re-use suffers due to health concerns. For example, major coffee chains such as Starbucks are shunning the use of reusable coffee cups for now, in favour … Read more
Stunning image of twisting gas and dust 520 light-years away from Earth may be the first direct evidence of new planet coming to existence ESO napped stunning images of dust and gas twirling in the constellation Auriga The formation sits 520 light-years from Earth and may be the birth of planet Baby planets ‘kick’ the … Read more
Stunning locations captured by the finalists of the 2020 Landscape Photography Competition showcase the Earth’s beauty in a unique series of images. In Eric Melzer’s other-worldly ‘Solar Storm’, water ripples in eerily perfect formation around the Ivanpah Solar Station in California. John Kimwell Laluma’s incredible ‘Density’ captures the courtyard of a Macau apartment building from … Read more
Astronomers detect an ‘incredibly rare’ Earth-like planet orbiting a star one-tenth the size of our sun 25,000 light-years away The star was spotted in the Galactic Bulge at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy The rocky world’s mass is somewhere between the mass of Earth and Neptune It is so far away that scientists … Read more
A planet with 10 times the mass of Earth located beyond Pluto is the Holy Grail among many astronomers, but new developments suggest the elusive Planet Nine may be nothing more than a mirage. Researchers propose that the mysterious planet is ‘collective gravity’, which is a sprawling disk of icy debris that consists of millions … Read more
Poultry club charity boss sparks fury after claiming in newsletter that coronavirus is ‘nature’s way of cleansing the planet’ Louise Carpenter made the comments in a newsletter sent out to members Carpenter says she was ‘trying to find reasoning’ for the coronavirus pandemic Trustees have ‘apologised unreservedly’ to anyone offended by the comments Here’s how … Read more