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These storms are a solar eruption or a coronal mass ejection (CME) event and cause a huge expulsion of plasma from the Sun’s outer layer which is known as the corona

Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine metal humanoids swimming frog-like underwater. They will probably…

It is hoped the satellite will soar past the moon before being pulled back into its orbit

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A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again. It's been an unusual journey already for the Capstone satellite. It was…

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon

The solar eruption snowploughed dense layers of plasma towards Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms in two states in America, according to weather data

Manchester University experts are designing AI-powered robots to work in some of the most hazardous places on Earth and outer space.

Developing a language to describe climate change needs both the sciences and the humanities

Cities burned to the ground and colleagues with severed limbs

According to UN figures, last week’s earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan killed around 770 people. Here is a quiz on earthquakes and what causes them