Greenland’s ice sheet is not as solid as we thought – and that’s frightening
by A rocky landscape with tundra plants near the east coast of Greenland is what the interior of the island might have looked like when the …
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Massive Class X solar storm erupts from an ‘abnormal’ sunspot and Earth is in the firing line (video)
The active sun is running at full speed. In the early hours of today (August 14), the Sun unleashed the most powerful class of solar …
When and how can you watch
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The Perseid meteor shower is visible in the northeastern night sky Parts of the UK will be treated to another celestial treat …
Discovery of a huge fossil in Namibia questions long-held evolutionary theories
The reconstruction of Gaiasia jennyae, the new stem tetrapod from Namibia and an apex predator of the wetlands of southern Gondwana about 280 million years …
NASA analyst explains the obvious: Why are the photos of the Milky Way not real?
A former NASA analyst has taken to TikTok to explain the (hopefully obvious) reason why photos of our galaxy – the Milky Way – are …
Water on Mars presents scientists with an unearthly challenge
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The author is a science commentator Another piece …
BP technology could be used for drilling on Mars or the Moon under NASA agreement | BP
BP’s technology could one day be used to drill on Mars or the Moon after the company signed a contract with the US space agency …
Show us your photos of the 2024 Perseid meteor shower | Meteors
The annual Perseid meteor shower is nearing its peak on the night of Monday, August 12, into Tuesday, August 13. Some have also observed the …
Strongly magnetic dead star emits mysterious energy explosion
Astronomers have discovered a highly magnetic dead star in the Milky Way, called a “magnetar,” that briefly behaves like a pulsar, a type of rapidly …
Watch Mars and Jupiter almost appear to touch in a rare conjunction
On August 14, two of Earth’s neighbors will appear frighteningly close to each other in the sky, as the orbits of Mars and Jupiter make …