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'Villains are the heroes of their own movie': We chat to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' showrunners about building an iconic Trek villain

'It promises that this is just the beginning of the story for these characters. There's so much more to tell.'

Space

Timboy Chaco in the Mars borderlands | Space photo of the day for March 16, 2026

Scientists are searching for evidence of microbial life left behind in these mineral deposits.

Space

The new 'Disclosure Day trailer just dropped, and now we think it's a secret sequel to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

'That truth will upend all established order across the entire world.'

Space

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No sun, no problem? How life could thrive on moons of starless 'rogue' planets

Exomoons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid water for billions of years, offering potential habitats for life deep in interstellar space.

Space

Scientists create first-of-its-kind ‘hexagonal diamond’ harder than real thing

Material exhibits slightly higher hardness than naturally found diamond

The Independent UK

‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet

Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before

The Guardian - UK

Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from used plastic bottles

Researchers said the breakthrough could lead to a ‘bio-upcycling industry’ that uses waste materials to make things like flavourings and cosmetics.

The Independent UK

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2 seconds that changed the world: Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today

Robert Goddard's innovations in liquid-fueled rockets — assisted by his wife, Esther — still resonate 100 years after his pioneering flight.

Space

Can you solve it? Are you a match for the dinkiest mag in maths?

Lo-fi fun from Texas

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: crescent moon to join Venus in evening twilight

After sunset on 20 March, look up to catch the earthshine, when the unlit face of the moon will be faintly visible

The Guardian - UK

Chinese scientists create clock so precise it could redefine second

Optical clock measures time using light emitted by electrons transitioning between energy levels

The Independent UK

A royal rule of thumb for measurements

Brief letters: Sizing up | Kind Hearts and Coronets | Accounting for taste | Deranged scumbags

The Guardian - UK

Astrophotographer spends nearly 70 hours capturing a delicate blue nebula in Orion (photo)

Astrophotographer Emil Andronic captured a gorgeous blue reflection nebula glowing inside the red clouds of Orion's Head in the constellation Orion.

Space

A state of matter last seen just after the Big Bang may exist inside neutron stars — and scientists think they can prove it

As binary neutron stars spiral around each other to merge, their gravitational tidal forces distort each other's shape and structure, potentially revealing clues as to what lies within them.

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Two days, two coasts, two more SpaceX Starlink batches launched

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites were launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 13 and 14, 2026.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 201 — Born to Explore

On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Jay Gallentine to talk about former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manager John Casani.

Space

Boys from the Dwarf: Looking back at 'Red Dwarf', the sci-fi show that had a huge impact on my childhood

Red Dwarf's scouse technician Dave Lister was the last human alive, a down-on-his-luck slobbish space-hero long before Peter Quill guarded the galaxy.

Space

Galaxy season: Spring brings deep space wonder to the northern hemisphere night sky

Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes.

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Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, scientists say.

The Independent UK

Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’

Extinct crocodile species had peculiar, large hump in the middle of its snout

The Guardian - UK

Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds data from flagship medical research leaked dozens of times

The Guardian - UK

Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time

Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter

Space

Hubble and NASA space telescopes track 'game-changing' gamma-ray burst back to neutron star collision in 'forbidden' region of the universe

Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its source, finding a neutron star collision within colliding galaxies.

Space

Sci-fi shooter 'Marathon' comes to life in hilarious marketing prank (video)

It's just a prank, bro!

Space

Russia aims to reclaim Soviet space glory with 2036 launch of ambitious Venus mission

Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036, continuing the Soviet Union's legacy of exploring there in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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