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Space hurricane over the North Pole caught on camera

A swirling mass of plasma that rains electrons instead of water was caught on satellite in 2014, but the images have only just been uncovered.

04/03/2021

Ecotech

Are the Earth’s shifting magnetic fields causing climate change?

Bold new research claims that atmospheric changes more than 40,000 years ago could be related to the climate crisis.

26/02/2021

Ecotech

Why are our cities sinking and what does this mean for the future?

Scientists are worried that cities are collapsing under their own weight.

16/02/2021

China

China space probe due to enter Mars' orbit

China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July

03/01/2021

Earth News

‘There is no vaccine for climate change’, warns British scientist

Why the climate crisis must not be forgotten amid the global health pandemic.

03/12/2020

World News

Today is Earth Overshoot Day, here's what it means

We now live on ecological credit as humanity has used more natural assets than Earth can regenerate in a year. Find out about your country's carbon footprint.

22/08/2020

Earth News

Overconsumption is driving the climate crisis, warn scientists

We should be "challenging the notion that riches, and those who possess them, are inherently good”.

13/07/2020

Spain

Barcelona's Liceu opera house reopens for performance to potted plants

The capacity audience of 2,292 plants is the idea of visual artist Eugenio Ampudia, who wanted to explore people's relationship with nature during the lockdown

23/06/2020

World News

Milky Way could be home to 36 alien civilisations, say scientists

Scientists calculate there could be three dozen intelligent civilisations in our galaxy capable of communicating with us.

16/06/2020

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Italian astronaut returns to earth, after six-month ISS stay

Luca Parmitano handed over control of the International Space Station station on 5. February 2020 to Oleg Skripochka.

06/02/2020

Earth News

The irony behind FaceApp: will we survive the next 50 years?

The viral social media app showing us the unsettling reality of what our future will hold...

18/07/2019

Earth News

Quiz: How plastic-free are you?

We've given you our tips, we're putting you to the test during Plastic-Free July with our 'How plastic-free are you?' quiz

02/07/2019

USA

Large mass discovered under moon's crater, believed to be metal from asteroid

Large mass discovered beneath moon's crater, believed to be metal from asteroid

11/06/2019

World News

Jupiter calling

Jupiter's four largest moons will be visible with binoculars tonight as the planet reaches its closest point to Earth this year

10/06/2019

World News

Asteroids are crashing into Earth more often than before, study finds

Asteroids are crashing into Earth more often than before but don't worry, there's no immediate danger — the next one is set to cross our paths in more than 800 years.

18/01/2019

World News

NASA explorer rings in the New Year with flyby of faraway cosmic body

The US space agency's New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the Ultima Thule.

01/01/2019

World News

world awaits longest lunar eclipse of 21st Century

The moon will be in the Earth’s shadow for four hours and totally eclipsed for one hour and 43 minutes

27/07/2018

World News

Underground lake found on Mars by Italian researchers

Underground lake found on Mars according to Italian researchers.

25/07/2018

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US-Russian crew returns from space station

NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russia's Alexander Misurkin spent 168 days aboard the ISS.

28/02/2018

World News

Ozone layer recovering thanks to chemical ban, NASA confirms

Scientists have credited the Montreal Protocol with bringing about the recovery of the protective layer

05/01/2018