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  1. Scientists even more confident a vast city exists under Giza Pyramids after new discovery

    Is there really a 'vast underground city' beneath the Pyramids of Giza?

    Channel: Tech Tech 1 hour ago By Danny Rigg
  2. Why the clocks going forward will give us all a ‘lag’ this weekend
  3. Major clue emerges in chance there was once life on Mars
  4. Major step in return of the mammoth after scientists create ‘woolly mouse’
  5. Mystery radio signals are coming from a part of space never seen by scientists before

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Why the clocks going forward will give us all a ‘lag’ this weekend

Channel: Tech Tech 19 hours ago By Jen Mills
Biggest clue yet in chance there was once life on Mars

Major clue emerges in chance there was once life on Mars

Channel: Tech Tech 2 days ago By Josh Milton
Scientists even more confident a vast city exists under Giza Pyramids after new discovery

Is there really a 'vast underground city' beneath the Pyramids of Giza?

Channel: Tech Tech 1 hour ago By Danny Rigg

What will being stranded in space on the ISS for so long do to the Nasa astronauts?

Channel: Tech Tech March 18, 2025 By Josh Milton
Artist impression of a supernova in space. At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these super-powerful blasts ? caused by the death of a massive star ? may have previously stripped our planet's atmosphere of its ozone, sparked acid rain and exposed life to harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. They believe a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for both the late Devonian and Ordovician extinction events, which occurred 372 and 445 million years ago respectively.

Supernovas may have caused mass extinctions that killed 85% of life on Earth

Channel: Tech Tech March 13, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Mystery radio signals are coming from a part of space never seen by scientists before

Channel: Tech Tech March 12, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Elon Musk disrupts 240 flights with SpaceX rocket explosion weeks after spate of air disasters Picture: Reuters / getty

Elon Musk disrupts 240 flights with SpaceX rocket explosion after spate of air disasters

Channel: US US March 7, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
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Major step in return of the mammoth after scientists create ‘woolly mouse’

Channel: Tech Tech March 4, 2025 By Jen Mills
PITSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 10: The Aurora Borealis light up the night sky over Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire on October 10, 2024 in Pitstone, United Kingdom. The Aurora Borealis or "Northern Lights" results from geomagnetic storms and can be seen as far south as the UK overnight on the 10th October. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

When and where you could see the Northern Lights in the UK tonight

Channel: Tech Tech March 4, 2025 By Danny Rigg
New update on the chance of the 2032 asteroid hitting Earth

New update on chance of 'city killer' asteroid hitting Earth in 2032

Channel: Tech Tech February 25, 2025 By Jen Mills

We may finally know why Mars is red

Channel: Tech Tech February 25, 2025 By Jen Mills
Magical, mysterious glowing orbs of light. Floating in a mystical spooky forest. On a foggy winters day

Mystery of eerie 'ghost' lights plaguing town finally solved

Channel: World World February 20, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Doctors find five lost contact lenses behind woman's eye

Doctors find five contact lenses behind woman's eye she didn't know were there

Channel: Tech Tech February 19, 2025 By Jen Mills
Several diamonds placed on a dark blue surface.

Scientists create rare 'super diamond' 40% harder than the real thing

Channel: Tech Tech February 18, 2025 By Kyriakos Petrakos
NASA Image illustrating what happens during a Lunar Eclipse https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10787

When and where to see the next 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse

Channel: Tech Tech February 16, 2025 By Josh Milton

Letter written by Isaac Newton in 1704 predicts the exact date the world will end

Channel: UK UK February 15, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Map reveals the 13 most radioactive places on Earth - including Chernobyl

Channel: World World February 24, 2025 By Hiyah Zaidi
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Scientists make extremely rare sighting of fish nicknamed black sea monster

Channel: World World February 14, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Drastic solution may be needed to knock 'city killer' asteroid off course by 2032

Channel: Tech Tech February 13, 2025 By Jen Mills
This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon

The Moon could become our bodyguard and 'take the hit' of asteroid 2024 YR4

Channel: Tech Tech February 12, 2025 By Jen Mills

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