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16/12/2023

HotSat-1: UK climate satellite suffers failure in orbit

An innovative UK climate satellite has failed in orbit just six months after launch. HotSat-1 was put up to map…

15/12/2023

Scientists now have good numbers to describe the true scale of the world’s biggest iceberg, A23a. Satellite measurements show the…

14/12/2023

Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels.…

14/12/2023

Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed – but will it really have an impact on…

14/12/2023

Nasa says its Perseverance rover has essentially completed the job it was asked to do when it landed on Mars…

14/12/2023

The Geminids meteor shower, famous for its multicoloured streaks of light, will peak on Thursday and Friday. Visible around the…

13/12/2023

Myanmar is now the world’s largest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan, a UN report says. Its opium production this year…

13/12/2023

The UN climate talks in Dubai could be in jeopardy after some nations reacted furiously to a draft deal on…

13/12/2023

Nasa’s asteroid sample-return mission looks to have come home with a little less material than first thought. Scientists speculated the…

13/12/2023

A sperm whale filmed swimming among people at Western Australian beach has died after becoming stuck on a sandbar. Wildlife…