Planet 1200 light years away might sustain life as we know it
A planet 1200 light years away might sustain life as we know it, or maybe have the right conditions for life to emerge, say...
Tata’s Scunthorpe steelworks plant changing hands next week, Greybull Capital to take over
Tata Steel’s beleaguered Scunthorpe steelworks plant in Lincolnshire is understood to be changing hands next week after it completes the sale of its European...
Mass extinction just as deadly in polar regions as elsewhere on Earth
The mass extinction that rapidly killed off the non-avian dinosaurs was just as deadly for life forms that existed in the polar regions as...
Giant sponge largest in the world size of minivan found off Hawaii
A giant sponge the size of a minivan – the world’s largest – was discovered in the summer of last year by a team...
Exoplanet might be able to sustain life say scientists
An exoplanet 1,200 light-years from Earth might be able to sustain life, says a group of scientists, who describe Kepler-62f as a ‘good prospect...
Three to trial network-wide mobile ad blocking in the UK
Three has announced that it will begin blocking adverts appearing on its network for a trial period of one-day next month.
The UK mobile service...
Life on other planets less likely than thought due to greenhouse effect
The possibility of life on other planets in other star systems is less likely than scientists had thought - a new study found that...
Smartphones can be hacked into via public USB charging ports
Smartphones and other devices can be hacked into whilst they are charging at public charging points such as ones found at airports, in cafes...
Comet has crucial ingredients for life on Earth says ESA
A comet that the ESA's (European Space Agency’s) Rosetta spacecraft has been probing for nearly two years has ingredients that are regarded as crucial...
Giant coronal hole on the Sun many times size of Earth
A giant coronal hole has been spotted on the surface of the Sun by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) – it is several times...