Think you’ve got what it takes to be an ESA astronaut? The European Space Agency is looking for a new cohort and applications are open now until May 28.
ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter told Tech & Science Daily that they’re looking for their most diverse team yet - with men, women and people with disabilities all to be considered.
There’s new evidence of meteor particles reaching the Antarctic ice sheet 430,000 years ago. Scientists recovered extra-terrestrial particles on the summit of Walnumfjellet within the Sor Rondane Mountains in east Antarctica.
The research, published in the Science Advances journal, says the findings highlight the importance of reassessing the threat of medium-sized asteroids, with the potential for “destructive” consequences.
The US Army is getting a new tool - augmented reality headsets.
Microsoft says the headsets are designed to deliver "enhanced situational awareness, enabling information sharing and decision-making in a variety of scenarios."
A living robot’s been created out of frog skin cells by a team at Tufts University in Massachusetts, a mouse will socially distance itself from other sick mice, scientists have discovered another dinosaur that was as terrifying as the Tyrannosaurus Rex – and they’ve named it ‘the one who causes fear’. Plus, the discovery of the first intact 17th-century Arabian coin from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard could explain the mystery of how pirate Captain Henry Every vanished into the wind.
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