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The reason you may feel tired even after eight hours of sleep

Regular caffeine drinking can deprive the body of energy it needs for night-time rejuvenation – even if you don’t think you’ve woken in the night

The Independent UK

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Space

China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'

China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

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FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.

Space

What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?

Here's everything you need to know about the forbidden city.

Space

3 planets will line up in the night sky tonight: Here's where to look for the mini planetary parade

Don't miss Jupiter, Venus and Mercury create a dazzling line in the western sky at sunset tonight.

Space

Every Lego Star Wars set released in 2026 that I wish I had

Lego is going all out with Star Wars this year, from awesome mid-sided AT-AT through to a whole range of super-interactive Smart Brick-enabled models. Here are the sets I absolutely have to add to my Lego Star Wars collection.

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Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026

Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.

Space

NASA will reveal the Artemis 3 astronauts on June 9

On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year.

Space

'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity

Big G is the oldest fundamental constant in physics and remains the least clearly defined. One scientist has spent a decade attempting to crack the mystery of the gravitational constant, and it all came down to the opening of a single envelope.

Space

The Milky Way may have devoured another galaxy named Loki, and astronomers think they've found its remains

Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that eventually became part of our Milky Way.

Space

Story of dinosaur-killer meteorite impact told in vivid detail

Two scientists have described the bright fireball, crackling noise and sonic boom of the impact 66m years ago

The Guardian - UK

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today

Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.

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The Independent UK

Moon base plans revealed as Nasa chief says ‘the grand return is close at hand’

The outpost at the satellite’s south pole may eventually spread out over hundreds of square miles

The Guardian - US

Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions

Three lunar landings are planned for this year in preparation for the construction of a $20bn moon base

Space

'Masters of the Universe' gets a final trailer, and it's a perfect blend of nostalgia, sci-fi battles, and muscles (video)

'Skeletor took my family and he destroyed our world. I'm gonna fight for it.'

Space

Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor

Satellites captured footage of an underwater volcano eruption in a part of the sea that remains largely a mystery.

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'Redshift' blends James Webb Space Telescope, Artemis 2 and Pink Floyd into a cosmic journey through light and sound (video, photos)

Artist Ashley Zelinskie and DJ illich Mujica get psychedelic in New York City.

Space

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026

The two boosters hang out mid-air after separation.

Space

Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?

The universe may have its own version of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and that might be enough to explain dark energy without invoking any new physics at all.

Space

Unusual red northern lights over Japan suggest some solar storms are stronger than we thought

Researchers analyzing crimson auroras over Japan found the glowing displays stretched hundreds of miles higher into Earth's atmosphere than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about the strength of geomagnetic storms.

Space

HBO's 'Lanterns' does have some green in it after all, as latest trailer shows Hal Jordan unleashing the power of the ring (video)

"This ring? It's the most powerful weapon in the universe."

Space

'Very interesting wiggles' in data from silent NASA Mars spacecraft lead to unexpected solar wind discovery

Data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft revealed a never-before-seen atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may shape planets without strong magnetic fields.

The Independent UK

Tail belonging to strange ostrich-like dinosaur discovered off coast of Canada

Researchers unsure how fossil came to rest on small Canadian island

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