More poleward launch sites, such as northern Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome, offer different advantages. The farther north or ...

Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest.

A glaciologist and climate scientist is sounding the alarm at COP30 about the rapid shrinking of glaciers all over the world, ...

How many times have you said, “I wish the days were longer”? Well, NASA scientists say the construction of China’s Three ...

That’s how the archipelago of Galapagos feels when you hop off a Zodiac onto one of its islands. Giant tortoises, marine ...

Simulations and satellite data reveal that Earth's magnetic field is more complex than scientists had thought. Scientists ...

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...

Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo is scientifically closer to space than Mount Everest, not due to sea-level height, but Earth's ...

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Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox this year.

This country expects the very highest levels of probity and honesty from our politicians. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has shown herself to be sorely lacking in both. The Mail on Sunday’s revelation today ...

The recent back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing over rare earth minerals looks technical on the surface, but it points to a deeper shift in global leverage. The 17 metallic elements—vital for ...