According to Boeing, the X-37B has a body and landing operation similar to the Space Shuttle, however it is smaller, ...

B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from low-Earth orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ...

Lenovo's sleek Legion Go S gaming handheld falls behind the competition in performance and battery life... but costs just as ...

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

It continues a series of surprisingly large temperature records since mid-2023, with temperatures around 0.2C above what had ...

The story of the Kumbh Mela, the festival estimated to gather 400 million people over 45 days. As Hindus make the pilgrimage to bathe at the riverbank, tragedy strikes on the holiest day of the event.

A newly-discovered planet similar to our own could be capable of sustaining life (Picture: PA Wire) Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

making Vesuvius "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," according to NASA's Earth Observatory. In the image, Vesuvius' caldera — a large bowl-like depression caused by the collapse of the ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...