MetroPlastic Space junk a ‘disaster waiting to happen’, expert warns metro.co.uk - Metro Science Reporter Pieces of unwanted debris left by humans in low-Earth orbit have become the equivalent of a ‘new drifting island of plastic’ in outer space, an …
MetroGalaxies Astronomers peer 9,000,000,000 years into the past at a dying galaxy metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Astronomers have been studying a galaxy coming to the end of its life nine billion years in the past. An international team of scientists, led by …
MetroEarth Earth is spinning so fast scientists might delete a second from the day metro.co.uk - Metro Science Reporter Earth’s blistering rotational speed has the world’s official timekeepers debating deleting a second from the day. A day on Earth is based on the …
MetroSpace How to see the Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2021 as it peaks above the UK metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons The first meteor shower of the New Year is set to occur this weekend and, if we’re lucky, give stargazers an impressive show over the UK to start …
Metro British-built spacecraft set for festive flyby of Venus metro.co.uk - Metro Science Reporter A spacecraft designed and built in the UK is getting ready for the first of many flybys of Venus as it heads for the Sun in a mission to unlock its …
