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How should we regulate the firms planning to mine and sell moon rocks?

How should we regulate the firms planning to mine and sell moon rocks?

13 September 2022

Several companies are making plans to mine and sell lunar resources, like rock and water ice. Now the race is on to agree a legal framework that is fair for everyone


What Earth’s mysterious infancy tells us about the origins of life

What Earth’s mysterious infancy tells us about the origins of life

8 August 2022

Redrawing the geological timeline of Earth’s first billion years is casting new light on whether life emerged on land or in the oceans


The hunt for hidden impact craters that could reveal Earth’s deep past

The hunt for hidden impact craters that could reveal Earth’s deep past

2 August 2022

Geologist Ludovic Ferrière travels the world in search of undiscovered impact craters left behind by asteroids and comets striking Earth. He tells us how he finds them


What are the mysterious continent-sized lumps deep inside Earth?

What are the mysterious continent-sized lumps deep inside Earth?

4 May 2022

For decades, planetary scientists have been trying to understand the origins of two colossal geological anomalies inside our planet. New insights suggest they could be leftovers from a cosmic collision


Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

23 February 2022

Machines that can mate and produce offspring can help us clean up nuclear sites, explore asteroids and terraform distant planets – but could they prove a threat, asks Emma Hart, who is helping develop them


Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

Satellites and junk are littering space and ruining our night skies

27 October 2021

We are sending ever more stuff into space, and now megaconstellations of satellites risk causing light pollution on Earth and disastrous debris in orbit - but it's not too late to save our skies


Lunar craters could reveal past collisions with ancient black holes

Lunar craters could reveal past collisions with ancient black holes

29 September 2021

Black holes born in the big bang could be the dark matter physicists have sought for decades – if they exist. Now there's an audacious plan to find the scars they would have left as they punched through the moon


The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past

The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past

18 August 2021

Fossil meteorites are one of the hardest geological treasures to discover – but now a spate of finds is revealing surprises about Earth’s ancient atmosphere


Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

16 December 2020

Space dust is constantly falling to Earth, sprinkling rooftops with beautiful particles unchanged since the birth of the solar system. To find some, start with a sieve – and be patient


There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

2 December 2020

Bizarre volcanoes that ooze ice magma or explode like geysers reveal the geological rumblings beneath other worlds. Some might even provide the spark for alien life 


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