NASA is still investigating problems with the Artemis 1 moon mission’s Orion heat shield

NASA is still investigating problems with the Artemis 1 moon mission’s Orion heat shield

Earlier this year, NASA announced it had postponed the manned Artemis 2 swing of the moon until September 2025, a practice run in preparation for the 2026 Artemis 3 mission, which will land astronauts near the moon’s south pole. One of the reasons given for the ten-month delay was to understand the heat shield data … Read more

An ancient, cataclysmic ‘splat’ may have created the heart of Pluto

An ancient, cataclysmic ‘splat’ may have created the heart of Pluto

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A huge heart-shaped feature on Pluto’s surface has intrigued astronomers since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured it in an image in 2015. Now researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart … Read more

An ancient, cataclysmic ‘splat’ may have created the heart of Pluto

An ancient, cataclysmic ‘splat’ may have created the heart of Pluto

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A huge heart-shaped feature on Pluto’s surface has intrigued astronomers since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured it in an image in 2015. Now researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart … Read more

Tim Hetherington at the Imperial War Museum

Tim Hetherington at the Imperial War Museum

‘Doc’ Kelso is sleeping. Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. July 2008. (© TIM HETHERINGTON FOR VANITY FAIR) The most important exhibition you’ll see in London this year isn’t in your Tates or your White Cubes, but beyond the naval guns, spitfires and jeeps, deep in the Imperial War Museum. Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington is … Read more

Angela Rayner is paying the price for Keir Starmer’s politicization of the law

Angela Rayner is paying the price for Keir Starmer’s politicization of the law

Angela Rayner attends the launch of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s manifesto Around 300 thefts will be committed in Manchester today. About 200 people in the city will become victims of violence, 100 of criminal damage or arson, and 30 of sexual offenses. In other words: a pretty normal day – and that’s why more police … Read more

The British scientists planning to control the world’s weather

The British scientists planning to control the world’s weather

Record floods have brought chaos to Dubai – Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images In the summer of 2017, a delegation of visitors from the United Arab Emirates flew to the town of Reading in Berkshire. They had come not for a tour, but to discover how scientists at the university were making progress in controlling the … Read more

‘I inherited an Italian farm and want everyone to enjoy its beauty’

‘I inherited an Italian farm and want everyone to enjoy its beauty’

The beautiful farmhouse is set in 50 hectares of Tuscan countryside (Oliver Poole) At first I was excited. Then I was terrified. Now I can’t believe my luck. Like one of those confused characters caught up in a Hollywood find-yourself comedy, I was that person who on a dark winter’s day got the unexpected phone … Read more