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Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar ...
A conversation with Olúfémi Táíwò about the struggle for racial and climate justice in the face of catastrophe.
Some time in next ten years, a Chinese mission aims to do what’s never been done before: collect cloud particles from Venus ...
As Sir David Attenborough turns 99, he’s showing no signs of slowing down with his next ‘landmark’ show already on the ...
Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...
Super-Earths, larger planets similar to Earth, are far more common across the universe than scientists previously believed, ...
The Space Age past may come knocking on the world's door next week as the defunct Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Venus lander from ...
ALMA observations of carbon monoxide emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning variety of gas structures, ...
According to scientists, a real-world 'warp drive' could allow spaceships to jump between galaxies just like in Star Wars.
When I sat down at my desk this morning I never expected to hear an anecdote about octopuses that would blow my mind. It came from speaking to Colin Butfield, the co-founder and director of Open ...
In this edition of Climate Change & You, read about the vital role played by Pope Francis in the fight against climate change ...
This is probably the most convincing evidence for Planet Nine so far. It is believed that this planet is five to ten times ...