Science

Kepler finds three Earth-sized exoplanets, but they're too hot to handle

Upside: the kettle will always be ready. Downside: forget living on the surface
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13 Jun 00:58

Woman sues NASA for ownership of vial of space dust

She claims it was gift from Apollo veteran Neil Armstrong
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12 Jun 07:01

Astroboffins trace mysterious noise from hard rock in space

Signs in the sky from diamonds
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11 Jun 20:27

Done and dusted? Vast storm gobbles NASA's long-lived Mars robot

Opportunity survived 2007 gale, but this one's way worse
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11 Jun 11:54

NASA finds more stuff suggesting Mars could have hosted life, maybe

Organic material and methane finds can’t be tied to biological processes
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08 Jun 04:30

Japan's asteroid-hunting robot Hayabusa2 has its prey within its sights

Landing, roving, cratering. What could possibly go wrong? Hopefully, nothing
07 Jun 18:15

Juno finds some lightning on Jupiter is the polar opposite to bolts here on Earth

Spacecraft gets mission extension to keep on gazing
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07 Jun 07:00

USA! USA! We're No.1! And we want to keep it that way – in spaaaace

And we don't want to pay for it!
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06 Jun 16:01

No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon's gravitational pull

Complex tidal forces have drawn out the day
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06 Jun 06:30

NASA makes the James Webb Telescope a looker with a heart of gold

Astroboffins get precious about heat protection in space
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05 Jun 23:51

Four hydrogen + eight caesium clocks = one almost-proven Einstein theory

Time team comes closest it ever has to magical zero result
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05 Jun 11:15

DIYers rejoice: Hitting stuff to make it work even works in space

Curiosity Rover's drill is mostly working again after 'percussive maintenance'
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05 Jun 05:57
sedna_planet

Calm your conspiracy theories, latest glimpse reveals Planet Nine may just be a pipe dream

Dodgy outer orbits all down to asteroids and gravity
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05 Jun 00:11
asteroid

NASA spots asteroid on crash course with Earth – with just hours to go

VideoNot enough time to even call Bruce Willis and Armageddonoutofhere
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04 Jun 20:11
Soyuz returns Expedition 55 crew home (pic: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

SpaceX flings SES-12 satellite into orbit, but would-be lunar tourists should probably unpack

Meanwhile, Russia brings three ISS crew safely home yet again
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04 Jun 11:45

Russian battery ambitions see a 10x increase in power from smaller, denser nukes

In Putin's Russia, battery life outlive YOU
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04 Jun 08:09

Boffins quietly cheering possible discovery of new fundamental particle: Sterile neutrino

Champagne on ice, but MiniBooNE's 15-year hunt has produced promising results
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04 Jun 01:04

Dawn spacecraft to get up-close and personal with dwarf planet Ceres

New orbit will skim just 30 miles above Death Star lookalike
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01 Jun 06:34

The ice must flow: Dunes of frozen gas spotted on alien dwarf

Pluto's not just a cold distant ball – it may have been geologically active early on
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31 May 19:34

SpaceX to pick up the space pace with yet another Falcon 9 launch

UpdatedComms sat to treat Asia Pacific to exciting new HD programming. Rejoice!
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31 May 08:53

Mirror mirror on sea wall, spot those airships, make Kaiser bawl

Geek's Guide to BritainThe North East's Zeppelin warning system is largely forgotten
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31 May 08:08

MH370 search ends – probably – without finding missing 777

Probe of extra search area again fails to find plane
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31 May 07:34

RIP to two 'naut legends: A moonwalker and a spacewalker

ObitAd astra, Al Bean and Don Peterson
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30 May 14:34

Headless man found in lava’s embrace

Chap in Pompeii had his block knocked off by a block of stone as he limped away from volcano
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30 May 05:58

Meet the real spin doctors: Scientists tell H2O to chill out so they can separate isomers

Water fun fact of the day!
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30 May 05:04

Toaster oven-sized boffin box bound for Mars to search for life

NASA hitches a ride on ESA's red planet trundle wagon
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25 May 15:29

You've heard that pop will eat itself. Boffins have unveiled a rocket that does the same

Can u dig it? If you want to launch a single cubesat, you most certainly will
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25 May 11:58
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Comet 67P's cute rubber duck shape perfect for causing eruptions

When sunlight hits the comet, gas and dust sublime
24 May 22:09
staff in business suits thrash each other with ring binders

Ongoing game of Galileo chicken goes up a notch as the UK talks refunds

Clauses to the left, clauses to right and here we are, stuck in the middle with EU
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24 May 16:10

EmDrive? More like BS drive: Physics-defying space engine flunks out

Test rig itself may be causing detected minute bursts of thrust, warn eggheads
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23 May 21:53
Saturn_rings

Astroboffins, get in here and explain Saturn's odd-shaped balls

Well, technically speaking, the gas giant's ring system takes regular hard poundings
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23 May 07:00
Falcon 9 on the launchpad (pic: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Through many dangers, toils and snares.... SpaceX to send amazing GRACE to spaaaaace

Rocket boffins to dump second-hand Falcon 9 in the sea
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22 May 18:21
This was built as an adjuct to Jodrell Bank

It could be you: National Lottery hands £16m to England's Jodrell Bank

Iconic site bags funding for 'astronomy gallery'
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22 May 14:15
Geeks Guide book on coffee table, photo The_Register

Presto chango, crypto buyo: You're travelling like El Reg's gang of nerds

Fancy micropaying for the great Geek's Guide eBook?
Typhoon Soudelor photographed from the International Space Station

Astronaut took camera on spacewalk, but forgot SD memory card

Houston? What does ‘No SD’ mean? Is this thing even on?
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22 May 06:41

Undocumented alien caught stealing orbits in our Solar System

Bee-Zed immigrant asteroid has been here for billions of years – too late to build a wall
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22 May 00:41
hurricane_patricia

Boffins detect antimatter thundering down from Hurricane Patricia

First time scientists have detected positrons whizzing in storms
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21 May 21:53
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