Miami-based City Labs is expected to launch the world's first commercial nuclear-powered satellite into orbit on July 7.

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Astronomers have sharply revised down the mass of nearby super Earth GJ 3378b, dramatically improving its prospects as a ...

He's a goner. For what he's done to our countryside, he's done for,' one ex-Labour voter ruled ...

Researchers have discovered a planet which, by all intents and purposes, should not be there. The world, coined WD 1856 b, is slightly larger than Jupiter and circles a dead star only about the size ...

June saw a record amount of solar energy on the power system, contributing 8.2% to the overall fuel mix, new provisional data from EirGrid reveals today.

KS1 Science / Geography. This short video for primary age children explores the relationship of the Earth to the sun, the cause of the seasons. Suitable for teaching science and geography at KS1 and ...

We might not have to go scorched Earth after all. Contrary to popular belief, the Earth might actually weather the fiery death of the sun that’s expected to engulf our neighbors, per a relieving study ...

A star passed near Earth and the Sun and jostled objects in the Oort Cloud 2.5 million years ago, sending them on a journey towards us. They are all long-period comets, meaning most of them would ...