The search for life on other planets has captivated mankind for decades. But the reality could be a little less like the Hollywood blockbusters, scientists have revealed. They say if there was life on the red planet, it probably will present itself as fossilized bacteria – and have proposed a new way to look for … Read more
Earth-like planets could be hiding in solar systems with Star Wars-style double-suns because telescopes can’t see past brightness of the stars, study finds A new study suggests there could be more Earth-sized planets that are part of two star systems The planets could be hidden by the glare of the stars they orbit Seventy-three of … Read more
Earth-like planets could be hiding in solar systems with Star Wars-style double-suns because telescopes can’t see past brightness of the stars, study finds A new study suggests there could be more Earth-sized planets that are part of two star systems The planets could be hidden by the glare of the stars they orbit Seventy-three of … 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
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
A trio of British-built satellites due to launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow will have to wait a bit longer for their trip to orbit, after the firm delayed the launch. ‘[The] team is taking additional time for pre-launch checkouts ahead of the Transporter-2 mission,’ Elon Musk‘s company announced, without giving a new date for the … Read more
A trio of British-built satellites due to launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow will have to wait a bit longer for their trip to orbit, after the firm delayed the launch. ‘[The] team is taking additional time for pre-launch checkouts ahead of the Transporter-2 mission,’ Elon Musk‘s company announced, without giving a new date for the … Read more
A trio of British-built satellites launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow with the aim of monitoring climate change and tracking endangered wildlife around the world. The satellites are due to lift off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-2 ride share mission at 19:56 BST (14:56 ET) on Friday. UK companies … Read more
Hubble Telescope’s ailing 1980s-era computer may not be as easy to fix as first thought as NASA says memory issues are a symptom not the cause and malfunction could be other hardware The Hubble Space Telescope has been offline for more than a week; NASA says the issue may be bigger than first believed NASA … Read more
Thousands of people have applied to become a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut including nearly 2,000 from the UK after the call for applications closed. ESA is looking for six full time astronauts and up to 20 reservists that will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) and one day on to the NASA Lunar … Read more