Precision timekeeping has moved on from atomic clocks to optical atomic clocks, which are a big step forward. What these instruments can do to keep accurate...
The future will have a lot of lasers, as we’ve learned from almost all sci-fi movies. They will power our quantum computers and be used to...
Building a permanent base on the Moon out of things found there is one of the main goals for future exploration. Scientists have attempted to make...
Hong Kong’s Beijing Tianbing space company launched a rocket by accident on Sunday while testing its first-stage power system. The company, which is also known as...
Beryl is the first named hurricane of the Atlantic season this year. It has already made history before it even got to the Caribbean this morning,...
The ionosphere is part of the upper atmosphere. It goes from the edge of space to deep inside it. Because there are no electrons on those...
Every day, thousands of people take the Tube from the north to the south of London or the Channel Tunnel to cross the English Channel. These...
The International Space Station (ISS) has had a busy week. First, a spacewalk had to be called off because coolant water got everywhere in the airlock....
People have been interested in the Antikythera mechanism for more than 120 years, and new research has shed more light on this amazing machine in recent...
The first samples ever taken from the far side of the moon have been opened by scientists in China. Chang’e 6 softly landed on the far...