China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon underground space.”
Researchers have established a practice area in a volcanic lava cave in a forest region near Jingbo Lake in…

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon underground space.”
Researchers have established a practice area in a volcanic lava cave in a forest region near Jingbo Lake in…
A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary table — at least a dozen times — to hone traits for feasting on the social insect bonanza that exploded

People who like to gawp at celestial events (as we all should) are in for a real treat at the moment. As well as the best meteor shower of the year – courtesy of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle – there is the upcoming lunar eclipse, visible to around…

Researchers set out to find the clues behind this cucumbers seed dispersal superpower.
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The northern lights could appear in several states in the northern U.S. on Thursday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as the Perseids meteor shower may also appear in the night sky.
The possible…

It’s been more than a year since Starliner’s failed test flight left a crew stranded in space, and Boeing’s spacecraft still isn’t ready to fly. In a recent update, NASA officials said they are…

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.
This is the conclusion of a team of scientists from China who have found a one-step method of doing…

Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself moments after the big bang? A new finding at Cern on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering this fundamental question about why matter dominates over its opposite –

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PNRA/IPEVAn ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived…

China’s Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.
Tianwen 2 launched from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is en route to the enigmatic asteroid Kamo’oalewa….