A frequent idea in sci-fi and apocalyptic films is that of an asteroid striking Earth and causing global devastation. While…
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On September 24 this year, a Nasa capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious cache of material grabbed from…
How did life come about? The answer to this question goes to the very heart of our existence on planet…
There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our Solar System, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means close…
If you surfed the web this morning, you may have seen news of the latest existential threat to humanity: a…
Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) spacecraft is designed to be a one hit wonder. It will end its days by crashing…
The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped…
As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day…
Don’t look now – but we are currently experiencing a rash of stories about a forthcoming global catastrophe. But in…
Astronomers ended 2021 on a high with the launch on December 25 of the James Webb Space Telescope, a joint mission…