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Space travel costs could be cut by 99% thanks to moon dust on astronauts boots Vision of future solar cell fabrication on the Moon, utilizing raw regolith. Shown are robots that source raw regolith and bring it to a production facility, which fabricates perovskite-based moon solar cells. Sercan ?zen

Solar panels made from moon dust could be used to power lunar bases

Tech 5 days ago By Sam Courtney-Guy

Illustration of meteor impact on Earth

NASA gives fresh update on 'city killer' asteroid heading our way

Tech 5 days ago By Ben Lynch

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster carrying a spacecraft for defence purposes blasts off from its launchpad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image from video released March 3, 2025. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Mystery over unidentified space object 'released by Russian satellites'

World 6 days ago By Gergana Krasteva

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 31: (L-R) Astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams, and Barry "Butch" Wilmore speak during a news conference at the NASA Johnson Space Center on March 31, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Williams and Wilmore answered questions regarding their SpaceX Crew-9 mission and extended time on the International Space Station. The two astronauts were launched to the ISS aboard a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for a scheduled eight-day mission in June 2024. After spacecraft malfunctions the pair were directed to stay, prolonging the mission nine months. They returned to Earth on March 18 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

'Stranded' astronaut Suni Williams reveals what she ate when she finally got back home

Tech April 1, 2025 By Jen Mills

sunrise over the sea during a solar eclipse on June 10, 2021, Cedar Beach, Mt Sinai, New York.; Shutterstock ID 2008694387; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

How to see the partial solar eclipse and sun's ‘devil horns’ today

Tech March 29, 2025 By Josh Milton

NASA just captured something incredible on Neptune for the first time Earth - Aurua

Here's how Neptune's aurora could look if it was on Earth

Tech March 27, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Biggest clue yet in chance there was once life on Mars

Major clue emerges in chance there was once life on Mars

Tech March 26, 2025 By Josh Milton

The sun will have ?devil horns? during the next partial solar eclipse

How to see the sun's ‘devil horns’ during this week's partial solar eclipse

Tech March 29, 2025 By Josh Milton

Glowing spiral of light in the UK sky caused by a SpaceX rocket launch

Mystery glowing spiral dubbed 'alien space portal' spotted above UK - what was it?

UK March 25, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Your great-great-grandkids could visit four Earth-like planets circling our neighbouring star system

Your great-great-grandchildren might call these four newly found planets home one day

Tech March 20, 2025 By Josh Milton

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields

Part of universe that's 240,000,000,000 light years away revealed in new images

Tech March 19, 2025 By Josh Milton

(FILES) NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Two astronauts stranded in space may sound like the start to a big-screen science thriller, but the Boeing Starliner mission is no work of Hollywood fiction. Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams were originally scheduled to spend a little more than a week aboard the International Space Station as part of the debut crew flight test of the Starliner. However, the spacecraft encountered several issues during the flight, and now the two astronauts will likely have to extend their stay aboard the ISS for several months. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Painful condition astronauts returning to Earth from the ISS may have

US March 18, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, wave at the hatch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule before closing the hatch in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth March 17, 2025 in this still image taken from video. NASA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

'Stranded' NASA astronauts are finally heading home after nine months stuck in space

World March 18, 2025 By Liam Coleman

Moment 'alien' enters the International Space Station after SpaceX crew docks

Tech March 16, 2025 By Danny Rigg

(FILES) NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Two astronauts stranded in space may sound like the start to a big-screen science thriller, but the Boeing Starliner mission is no work of Hollywood fiction. Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams were originally scheduled to spend a little more than a week aboard the International Space Station as part of the debut crew flight test of the Starliner. However, the spacecraft encountered several issues during the flight, and now the two astronauts will likely have to extend their stay aboard the ISS for several months. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

The painful condition astronauts returning to Earth from the ISS may have

US March 18, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Josh Dury captured the eclipse leading to a total obscuration from Castle Stalker in Argyl, Scotland, 14 March 2025. The UK experienced a lunar eclipse Friday (14 March). The event began in the early morning hours, with the partial phase starting at 5:09am. Most viewers in the UK experienced a partial eclipse as the Moon set below the horizon. However, Josh Dury says he shot captured a total obscuration from Scotland. His pictures were taken between 5:09am and 6:30am at Castle Stalker in Argyll. He says: "Totality refers to the moment when the Moon is totally eclipsed by the Earth shadow. Fortunately clear skies here in Scotland allowed us a window of 15 minutes to observe the event, which was so lucky."

Blood moon 2025: UK treated to rare lunar eclipse – when will it be visible again?

Tech March 14, 2025 By Jasper King

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

Tech March 13, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Elon Musk's 'rescue mission' for stranded astronauts is called off with minutes to spare

US March 13, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

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

Tech March 12, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Alamy Live News. 3A2WKXC Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England, UK, 14th March 2025. A partial lunar eclipse, just before dawn, turns the illuminated part of a full moon towards the red end of the light spectrum. Credit: Paul Biggins/Alamy Live News This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

How to see today’s Blood moon lunar eclipse

Tech March 14, 2025 By Jasper King

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