Earth Day is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. The environmental event is marked by an estimated one billion people across more than 190 countries, according to the Earth Day ...

I've recently had conversations with a number of people who, it turned out, were completely unaware that before the October ...

It launched four days after Venera 8 but was unable to escape low-Earth orbit and broke apart. While several pieces of the spacecraft burned up quickly, others remained in orbit. Now, 53 years ...

In a calculated manoeuvre during a period of heightened geopolitical tension, China has implemented a ban on the export of key rare earth metals, notably gallium and germanium, citing national ...

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This new information could change what science knows about Scotland’s rich geological history and the general understanding of how non-marine life evolved on Earth. Scotland’s Meteorite Strike Along ...

For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Think about it: should we need a reminder that the Earth is vital and we are doing a lousy job as its custodians? But when was the ...

Biomass, a flagship satellite developed in the UK for the European Space Agency, is set to become the first in the world to measure, in 3D, the condition of the Earth’s forests from space.

When the photo was taken, the combined snow covering both peaks reached the second-highest amount for this time of the year since records began in 2001, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.

While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached its destination, a malfunctioning Soyuz rocket ensured its sibling Kosmos 482 craft never made it past Earth’s orbit. The long-dead probe’s ...

A 53-year-old Venus probe that failed to escape low Earth orbit is expected to make ... The spacecraft broke apart into four different pieces, with two of the smaller fragments reentering over ...

A rare-earth mineral with a silver metallic luster. More than 90% of refined dysprosium comes from China, and it is used in magnets that power everything from medical equipment to EV motors.