Massive solar flare filmed by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
This year’s most massive solar flare so far, with the equivalent energy of 100 megaton atomic bombs, was captured on video by NASA’s Solar...
NASA launches 4 spacecraft to study Earth’s and Sun’s magnetic field interactions
At 10:44 EDT on Thursday, NASA launched four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft to study a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection – a process thought to trigger...
Large Hadron Collider, now a much mightier beast, soon to wake up again
The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, is now 65% more powerful than it was two years ago, and will be...
Rosetta’s Philae lander may wake up, say European Space Agency scientists
The Philae lander, which has been in hibernation on the dark side of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has not had enough juice in its solar-powered batteries...
UK oil and gas industry set to create 8,000 jobs over the next two...
Over the next two years British oil and gas firms expect to create thousands of new jobs, despite the slump in oil prices, according...
BBC giving 1 million coding devices to children in the UK
The BBC has launched a nationwide initiative, called Make it Digital, set to inspire children to get into coding and programming.
The broadcaster will be giving...
Grisly decomposed body was just soggy rope and old metal, Gravesend
Photographer Rob Powell was taking pictures of a ship on the Thames when he thought he had come across a decomposed body on the...
Giant saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, says Hubble Space Telescope
Ganymede is Jupiter’s largest moon, and also the biggest moon in our solar system. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided compelling evidence of an underground...
TSB confirms £1.7bn takeover bid by Spanish bank Sabadell
TSB announced that the Spanish bank Sabadell has approached the company for a £1.7bn takeover.
The news sent TSB shares soaring by more than 25%.
Less...
Warm water detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus raises prospect of life
Microscopic grains of rock detected on the surface of one of Saturn’s sixty-two moons, Enceladus, suggest the presence of warm water, which in turn...