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GLOBAL EYE

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Black hole turns a star into spaghetti

Words by Rafi Letzter

‘Starman’ passes Mars in decaying Tesla Roadster

Starman, the dummy riding a cherry-red Tesla Roadster

Hidden tectonic plate has been reconstructed

PLANET EARTH Scientists have reconstructed a long-lost tectonic

Record-breaking bird flies 12,000 kilometres nonstop

Bar-tailed godwits are impressive flyers, scaling thousands of

Astronomers find a new way to hunt for the elusive Planet Nine

Planet Nine is a world about ten-times more

New cat Nazca Line discovered

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Physicists clock the fastest possible speed of sound

Scientists have discovered the fastest possible speed of

Ice melt is changing Greenland’s coastline shape

As the Arctic Ocean warms, researchers have observed

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BACK TO THE MOON

NASA’S BIGGEST MISSION IN OVER 50 YEARS WILL PUT BOOTS BACK ON THE MOON AND BRING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARS

EARTH TO MOON

Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts

CHECK THE TECH

From the astronauts’ suits to a Moon-orbiting station, how will the latest technology assist the Moon missions?

Hypernovae

How a collapsing star is one of the most destructive forces in the universe

Asteroid collisions

What happens when one asteroid impacts another?

Inside the lost city of  ALEXANDRIA

As one of the crowning glories of the empire of Rome, what remains of this ancient Egyptian city?

Wine throughout time

Discover how the production of this tipple has changed over thousands of years

The Eiffel Tower

Arguably one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks, the Eiffel Tower is a celebration of science, engineering and art in unison

AMAZING ANIMAL ARCHITECTS

MEET NATURE’S ENGINEERS AND THEIR SPECTACULAR CREATIONS

How animals see in the DARK

Under the limited light of the Moon, discover the creatures that thrive in the night

BIG CATS

What makes these beautiful creatures such consummate experts in the business of killing?

Why is fracking bad?

Controversial but effective, hydraulic fracturing enables us to tap into shale gas reserves trapped deep underground, but how does this mining process work?

RECYCLING

What kind of machinery do we use to take our everyday waste and make new products out of it?

The father of GPS

Bradford Parkinson is the engineer behind the navigation system that we rely on daily

Inside the Apple Watch Series 6

How It Works peeks inside the latest wearable fitness tracker

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ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED

Learn some shocking facts behind the everyday energy we take for granted

Circuits

Putting electricity to work all over the world

Aluminium

It’s the most abundant metal in Earth’s crust, yet it  entirely escaped our notice until 1825

Robert Hooke

Meet the English polymath who discovered the building blocks of all life

Royal Navy Puma drone

Why this remote-controlled aircraft has become the Navy’s new eyes in the sky

HYDROGEN-POERED CARS

Discover how hydrogen cars produce zero emissions with less dependence upon foreign fossil fuels

H2 ICE

Under the hood of a hydrogen internal combustion engine

All aboard the deepsea driller

Meet the Japanese research vessel crossing the ocean in search of earthquake-makers