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Mystery as France's 'Excalibur' - the Durandal sword - disappears
7-4-2024 |
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A sword that had been lodged in solid rock for over 1,300 years has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
Giants, snakes and monsters among trove of ancient rock engravings
6-6-2024 | 1
Researchers have unearthed a huge collection of rock engravings in South America dating back over 1,000 years.
Nuclear-powered plasma rocket could get humans to Mars in two months
5-9-2024 | 0
NASA is currently funding a revolutionary new propulsion system that could make it much easier to travel to Mars.
NASA makes major announcement about Mars sample-return mission
4-16-2024 | 19
Major change is afoot regarding NASA's plans to return samples of Martian soil and rock to the Earth.
China is attempting to build a giant rail gun to fire astronauts into space
3-22-2024 | 3
Launching a rocket takes a lot of energy, but what if it were possible to fire a spacecraft into space instead?
Star Trek Starfleet logo spotted by Curiosity rover on Mars
1-25-2024 | 1
NASA's decade-old rover recently spotted something rather familiar while trundling across the surface of the Red Planet.
Tourist returns rocks taken from Pompeii due to fears over 'curse'
1-21-2024 | 4
For years, the city of Pompeii has been associated with stories of bad luck inflicted on anyone who removes anything from the site.
Secretive X-37b space plane blasts off on another mystery mission
VIDEO 12-29-2023 | 38
After several delays earlier this month, the enigmatic vehicle has finally headed back into space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Mystery 'undisclosed' payload involved in rocket's double-crater crash
11-23-2023 | 1
A new study has concluded that a Chinese rocket that crashed into the Moon in 2022 was carrying a mystery payload.
NASA's Mars rover photographs rock shaped like an avocado
9-17-2023 | 4
The rather unusual object was captured on camera in Jezero Crater by the Perseverance rover earlier this month.
Woman in France is struck by meteorite in freak incident
7-17-2023 | 16
The woman had been enjoying a coffee on a terrace when she was suddenly hit on the chest by a small space rock.
Weird donut-shaped rock on Mars may not actually be from Mars
6-28-2023 | 6
NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured an image of a curious rock shaped suspiciously like a donut.
Suspected meteorite smashes through roof of New Jersey home
5-10-2023 | 8
The new owners of the residential property got the fright of their lives when the space rock crashed through their ceiling.
NASA's Perseverance rover has finally lost its pet rock
4-23-2023 | 2
The rover had been carrying the inadvertent passenger across the surface of Mars for over a year.
Woman narrowly escapes death as boulder crashes through her house
VIDEO 2-1-2023 | 8
Caroline Sasaki was mere inches from certain death when a huge rock came crashing into her home at the weekend.
Elephant-sized asteroid passes Earth in extraordinary 'near-miss'
1-29-2023 | 6
The space rock passed us by at a distance of 2,200 miles - a fraction of the distance at which some satellites orbit the Earth.
NASA is building a nuclear rocket to get to Mars in just 45 days
VIDEO 1-25-2023 | 2
The new rocket will be designed to enable manned missions to the Red Planet and could debut as soon as 2027.
'Huge diversity' of organic compounds found in Martian meteorite
1-20-2023 | 6
A new study has revealed the presence of a wealth of organic compounds in a rock believed to have come from Mars.
Missile test launch sparks UFO scare in South Korea
VIDEO 12-31-2022 | 5
Social media was awash on Friday with reports of strange objects, vapor trails and colored lights over the country.
NASA's Artemis I has successfully launched on its voyage to the Moon
VIDEO 11-16-2022 | 17
After several scuppered launch attempts, the most powerful rocket in history has finally departed on its maiden voyage.
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