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Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say

Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say

Watch: Large fireball seen shooting across sky over Southeastern US A meteorite that crashed into a home in the US
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

Watch: SpaceX loses Starship spacecraft but catches booster on seventh test flight The latest test of Space X’s giant Starship
Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Asteroid Bennu is a 500m-wide pile of boulders, rocks and rubble The
Why scientists are counting tiny Antarctic krill from Space

Why scientists are counting tiny Antarctic krill from Space

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News WWF Krill are just a few centimetres long fully grown, but are one of
Plane GPS systems are under sustained attack

Plane GPS systems are under sustained attack

BBC As a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted. Just minutes
Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Greg Brosnan BBC Science Watch: Astronauts return to Earth after extended stay in Space After
The truth about life on other planets and what it means for Earth

The truth about life on other planets and what it

BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds There are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our
Soviet-era spacecraft ‘likely’ to have re-entered Earth’s atmosphere

Soviet-era spacecraft ‘likely’ to have re-entered Earth’s atmosphere

Maddie Molloy Climate & science reporter Getty Images The Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus –
New signs found of giant gas planet in ‘Earth’s neighbourhood’

New signs found of giant gas planet in ‘Earth’s neighbourhood’

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) An artist’s drawing of what the new planet might
Ship footage captures sound of Oceangate’s Titan sub imploding

Ship footage captures sound of Oceangate’s Titan sub imploding

Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Stockton Rush’s wife Wendy asks “what’s that bang?” in footage that appears in new BBC