Category: 7. Science

Russian state-owned Energia rocket company has secured a patent for a novel spacecraft architecture designed to generate artificial gravity, a capability which could provide a huge boost for long-duration crewed missions.

A report from Russian…

Geologists around the world are highlighting a dramatic, albeit slow-moving, transformation beneath the surface of the African continent:…

Beneath cold, high-pressure oceans, water and gas molecules clump together into crystalline solids called gas hydrates. During a research cruise around the North Pole, scientists encountered the deepest gas hydrate ever…

Soyuz rocket to launch first Obzor radar satellite

A long-delayed all-weather imaging satellite will go into orbit on a Soyuz rocket on Dec. 24, 2025. The Obzor-R project was initially developed by the Roskosmos State Corporation within its…

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

The first step on the moon was one of humanity’s most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists…

Earth’s seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the same latitudes, a new study suggests.

Researchers have compiled a detailed map of seasonal rhythms around the world, which shows that some physically close regions…

The skeletal remains of an individual colloquially referred to as Beachy Head Woman were re-discovered in the Eastbourne Town Hall collection in 2012, and have remained the subject of significant public interest since. Radiocarbon dating…

If you’ve spent even a little time on social media in recent years, you’ve no doubt come across a swathe of “wellness” content.

From kilometre-long lines of runners strutting the Bondi promenade at 6am, to a surge in sauna and ice…

Early risers across North America and Europe may notice something unusual in the skies this Christmas, a bright, silent light, gliding smoothly overhead in the hours before sunrise on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

It won’t blink like an airplane and it…