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Sheffield United have confirmed the departure of Paul Heckingbottom and replaced him with former manager Chris Wilder

Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of the hardest to answer in science. Despite the seemingly boundless expanse of the universe, which implies there’s potential for abundant life, the vast distances between stars render the search akin to locating a needle in a…

Salty glaciers discovered in craters near Mercury's north pole may have the right conditions for extreme forms of life, new research suggests.

GPS has revolutionised our sense of place, from military to civilians, precision scientific studies to urban planning. The U.S. Dept. of Defence started the programme in 1973, launching the first satellite in 1978. The modern constellation consists of 24 satellites in 6 orbits, with a control segment of ground-based control…

The stunning orange-hued light show was caused by an aggressive solar storm which Graeme Whipps had to capture

The Chandrayaan-3’s Propulsion Module (PM) has been moved from Lunar orbit to Earth’s orbit.

A new NASA video explains how the Perseverance Rover may have collected its youngest rock sample yet from the Red Planet's Jezero Crater.

Which of the many comic book eras of Lex Luthor will Nicholas Hoult embody in his Superman: Legacy performance?

NASA's Chandra X-ray Space Telescope has spotted a "clutter" of rapidly spinning neutron stars called spider pulsars that are devouring surrounding stars.

In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Aldous Huxley, theologian Paul Tillich, nuclear scientist Harrison…

Magnetic storms can create amazing auroras, but they also have the capacity to impact our power grid.