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Former NASA astronaut Nicole Stott stars in Olay's empowering beauty campaign

Stott, 57, is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. She partnered with Olay for its #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign.




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Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbour alien LIFE: Scientists find signs of CO2 below the icy crust

Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals secrets about the composition of water beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon, including an abundance of CO2.




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NASA tests VIPER rover's 'moon shimmy' in conditions that mimic the lunar surface

NASA's VIPER practiced its 'moon shimmy' in a lab that replicates the lunar surface. The rover rolled over a large soil bin allowing scientist to see how it will fare on the moon.




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Before and after pics of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveal the Red Planet has taken its toll

In images that surfaced online the rover's journey through Mars' landscape is laid bare. One the left is an image taken shortly after Curiosity landed on Mars while the right shows a snapshot from October.




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NASA turns off its Spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service

After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light since its launch in 2003, NASA has switched off the Spitzer Space Telescope, bringing its mission to an end.




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NASA will try and use InSight Lander's robotic arm to 'push' a troubled probe back into position

NASA will try to use a robotic arm attached to its InSight Lander to push down on a probe meant to drill into Martian soil which has struggled to achieve its mission throughout the past year.




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Legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101 

Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth, died aged 101 on Monday morning.




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NASA asks public to design a sensor for its next VENUS rover

The space agency says exploring different geological areas on the surface of Venus will provide insights into the planet's evolution and even our own climate.




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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch a NASA mission to a metal rich asteroid

The $117 million (£93 million) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in July 2022 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and head for Psyche 16 which orbits between Jupiter and Mars.




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Organic molecules discovered by NASA Curiosity rover are 'consistent with alien life'

NASA's curiosity rover has identified signs of thiophenes on the surface of the red planet and Washington State University astronomers believe they were formed by biological processes.




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NASA astronaut on ISS shares stunning pictures of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia

A NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared images Boston, New York City and Philadelphia as she passed over 254 miles above Earth while aboard the International Space Station.




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Unexpected technical complications to keep NASA's Lunar Gateway from being fully operational by 2024

NASA's plans for a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed. The delay is attributed to technical complications with the lunar gateway used to stage construction materials.




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Scientists untangle mystery of how ice forms on Mercury with surface temperatures over 750 degrees

A team of scientists from Georgia Tech have come up with a new explanation for how ice forms on Mercury despite scorching surface temperatures that can reach 750 degrees Fahrenheit.




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Global air pollution levels plummet amid the coronavirus pandemic

Satellite images from the European Space Agency and NASA show a dramatic reduction in the amount of harmful greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere due to coronavirus shut downs.




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Greenland lost 600 BILLION tons of ice last summer raising global sea levels by almost 0.1 inches

In Antarctica, meanwhile, ice has continued to melt from both the Amundsen Sea Embayment and the Antarctic Peninsula, satellite gravity measurements have revealed.




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NASA engineer demonstrates how quickly germs spread with special glow powder

In his new YouTube video, Mark Rober, 40, sprinkled Glo Germ powder on a third-grade teacher and one of her students to show how germs can spread.




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NASA reveals the first images of its all-electric X-57 Maxwell plane

It will be the first manned X-plane produced by NASA in two decades and is designed to help develop standards for future all-electric aircraft.




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NASA reveals Uranus's twisted magnetic field is releasing bits of its atmosphere into space

NASA analyzing data from the Voyager 2's 1986 visit to Uranus and found the magnetic bubble surrounding the planet is allowing bits of its atmosphere to leak into space.




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NASA announces new mission to study solar particle storms with satellites the size of toaster ovens 

NASA has announced a new research mission that will send small satellites into orbit to study solar particle storms, which can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth and disrupt the electrical grid.




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Glowing green microbes on Earth could hold the key to life on Mars

Researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered the single-celled organisms after spending a decade studying rocks found in the South Pacific Ocean in 2010.




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Nasa is running a knock-out photography competition featuring pictures of Earth taken from space

Nasa's Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition.




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Mars 2020 rover is christened 'Perseverance' after NASA let public choose name in a contest

NASA has finally revealed the name of its Mars 2020 rover. Called Perseverance, the rover's title was picked from a contest that received 28,000 entries from young students.




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ESA satellite images the waterways of Venice are now empty during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy

ESA released satellite images Venice from this month and the same time last year to highlight a distinct lack of boat traffic following the lockdown in March to limit the spread of coronavirus.




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NASA and SpaceX set May 27 to send astronauts to the ISS on an American rocket since 2011

NASA and SpaceX set May 27 for when human spaceflight will return to the US. The mission will send two astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon to the ISS for the first time since 2011.




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Scientists create the first geological map of the lunar surface

The lunar map, called the Unified Geologic Map of the Moon, has been created by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute.




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Melting ice sheets are responsible for a global sea level rise of 0.55 inches

Researchers at the University of Washington examined data from two space lasers that were able to make the most precise measurements of the ice sheets to date.




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NASA chooses SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to design human landing systems for Artemis mission

NASA 's Artemis mission has turned into a space race between billionaires, as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX have been chosen to develop human landing systems for mission.




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Space X passes final parachute test ahead its historic launch on May 27

Space X's final parachute test passed with flying colors ahead of its launch in May It will be the US's first manned in nearly nine years.




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Astrophotographer captures detailed pictures of the Moon's craters

A photographer has taken the world's clearest pictures of the moon's craters by combining multiple shots of the lunar line where light meets dark.




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Fossil remains of 22 Ice Age SLOTHS the size of elephants found preserved in asphalt in Ecuador 

The specimens - which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses - were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the county's Santa Elena peninsula.




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The moon may not be a 'dead' rock as exposed bedrock is due to an active tectonic system

Data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows ridges with freshly exposed bedrock on the moon's surface, leading experts to believe the moon has an active tectonic system.




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Apple launches an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro designed with a Magic Keyboard and double the storage

Apple's highly anticipated 13-in MacBook has been announced. The new device features a Magic Keyboard, powerful 10th-generation Intel processor and double the storage of its predecessor.




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Google and Apple show samples of COVID exposure apps and forbid use of apps' location services

As reported by The Verge , the tech companies have provided samples of what eventual app interface systems could look like though they won't be developing the apps themselves.




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Airbus developing electronic odor detector to sniff out bombs and banned substances in airports

Starting in the fourth quarter of 2020, Airbus will begin using a new odor detector in airports to help screen passengers for dangerous chemicals, based on a processor with integrated biological cells.




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AI-powered traffic lights to keep drivers waiting on red to cut air pollution

Wolverhampton is the first in the country to approve a trial of an AI-powered system that will manipulate red and green lights to restrict function to air pollution hotspots.




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Tumblr deletes more than 4 million re-blogs containing hate speech as part of a new policy

The move to remove re-blogged content containing hate speech marks an escalation in Tumblr's efforts to clean its platform. Previously only original posts were removed while re-blogs remained active.




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Gas stoves are 'exposing millions of Americans to dangerous pollutants', report finds

About 40 percent of homes in America have a gas stove, but a new report reveals the appliance may be bad for your health. They can cause cancer in adults and asthma in children.




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Google's medical AI far less accurate at identifying illness in clinics than in the laboratory 

A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics.




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Virgin Galactic teams up with NASA to develop 'high-Mach' aviation that could transport civilians

Virgin Galactic, says the Space Act Agreement is designed to 'advance the United States' efforts to produce technically feasible, high Mach vehicles for potential civil application.'




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Zoom buys security service in bid to address safety concerns and introduce end-to-end encryption

Keybase will help the Zoom build end-to-end encryption designed to safeguard user data and privacy and bolster its current security measures which it incorrectly claimed included full encryption.




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Skincredible! Researchers create a electronic bandage that helps wounds heal FOUR TIMES faster

A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.




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McLaren reveal futuristic race car for 2050 featuring AI co-pilot and self-healing tyres

McLaren have given Formula One fans their take on what the future of the sport looks like as they presented the 2050: the MCLExtreme, a futuristic race car built and designed for the future.




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Wonky skull of Styracosaurus leads palaeontologists to question past identifications of species

The largely intact Styracosaurus skull has wonky horns and was discovered by then graduate student Scott Persons in 2015 in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.




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Researcher stumbles upon mysterious 5,000-year-old paintings depicting arrows and human-like figures

The drawings, around 4 inches in length, were discovered in the rocky area of ​​San Juan, near the town of Albuquerque in the province of Badajoz in western Spain.




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Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitat that could house a TRILLION people in space

Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill - who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton - the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.




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Climate change lets toxic green algae thrive in the Arabian Sea

Shrinking snow caps in the Himalayas are causing the spread of toxic green algae so big it can be seen from space, a new study has found.




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Planet Nine is a MIRAGE according to experts who say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris

New research suggests Planet Nine is a mirage and nothing more than 'collective gravity.' The team say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris that formed when the solar system was born.




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Wolf spiders are resorting to CANNIBALISM as warming Arctic causes population to rise

Researchers working in Alaska observed wolf spiders eating juvenile spiders due to a warming Arctic that is making them grow larger and produce more offspring, resulting in less resources.




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Houston we have a slime blob! Astronauts release Nickelodeons' iconic green slime on the ISS

Astronauts on the ISS received a package of Nickelodeon's iconic green slime, which they used to play ping pong and slime each other to see how the goo behaves in microgravity.




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Apple's iOS 13.5 will automatically share medical data like blood type during emergency calls

The feature will use information that's entered into the Health app's Medical ID section which contains data on blood type, food allergies, current medication, and more.