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Researchers have demonstrated a first for the wireless transmission of near-limitless solar energy through space by delivering a measurable amount of energy back to Earth.

A treasure trove of delights awaits fans of the space agency amid a surprisingly simply designed app.

Here’s how to watch the second season of the hit documentary series Our Planet in its entirety as well as everything you need to know going in.

Albert Zijlstra, professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester explains how dimming of star in recent years suggests it might go supernova.

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The bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has shown some unexpected behaviour. In late 2019 and 2020 it became fainter than we had ever seen it – at least in records going back more than a century. Briefly it became fainter (just about) than Bellatrix, the third brightest…

Mars is a playground for science. And in a new study, scientists explored puzzling radio chirps discovered on Earth, which also manifest on the Red Planet.

SpaceX launched 72 small satellites toward orbit today (June 12) and landed the returning rocket back on Earth, marking the 200th such touchdown in the company's history.

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Chemical physicist Stafford Sheehan invented a process that can turn carbon dioxide into yeast. It's now a finalist in the NASA-sponsored Deep Space Food Challenge.

India hosts well-preserved volcanic and sedimentary rocks as old as 3.5 billion years, and has similar geologic history to parts of South Africa and Australia