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First plant to grow on the Moon, err, dies
Cotton seedling freezes to death as Chang'e-4 shuts down for the Moon's 14-day lunar night
Fortnite news and updates: Fortnite made $2.4bn in 2018, according to SuperData
Fortnite easily out-earns PUBG, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018
Japanese firm sends micro-satellites into space to deliver artificial meteor showers on demand
Meteor showers as a service will be visible for about 100 kilometres in all directions
Saturn's rings only formed in the past 100 million years, suggests analysis of Cassini space probe data
New findings contradict conventional belief that Saturn's rings were formed along with the planet about 4.5 billion years ago
Nepal faces the threat of a much stronger earthquake with magnitude of 8 or more, scientists say
Such an earthquake would lead to a complete stress release in this segment of the fault system
Testing of subsonic parachute system to support mission to Mars completed by Vorticity
Four types of test were performed to assess the performance of parachutes that could be used in missions to Mars
World's permafrost soils are getting warmer, study indicates
Warming was most pronounced in Siberia region
NASA's liquid hydrogen tank to undergo tests at Marshall Space Flight Centre
The tank will be subjected to high stresses and loads via dozens of hydraulic cylinders during testing
'Sunlit wet sidewalk' provides evidence of methane rainfall on the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan
Methane rainfall indicates the start of the summer season in Titan's northern hemisphere
Metallic, hydrogen-rich compound found to demonstrate superconductivity at near room temperature
Scientists believe there could be other hydrides or superhydrides with super conducting properties
NASA engineers bring Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 back to operations mode
Resetting the telemetry circuits and associated boards brought the instrument back to operations mode
Plants grown on the Moon for the first time ever by China's Chang'e-4 probe
New photos show cotton seeds sprouting in sealed container - with other plants expected to sprout within days
Antarctica is now losing six times more ice mass annually than 40 years ago, study finds
Antarctica lost on average 252 gigatons of ice mass per year from 2009 to 2017, claims study
Epic Games Store matches Steam on refund policy
Buyers can demand refunds if they've had a game for no more than 14 days and not registered more than two hours of play
Total lunar eclipse 2019: 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' to be visible across Europe and North America on Sunday night
Moon will turn reddish-orange in colour during this weekend's total lunar eclipse
Latest Tesla news: Tesla Model 3 the focus of March 2019 Pwn2Own contest
Hackers to compete for prize money of between $35,000 and $250,000 cracking the Tesla Model 3 at this year's Pwn2Own contest
Supermassive black holes can suddenly 'switch on' to devour large amounts of gases in their surroundings
Scientists are unsure what causes this dramatic increase in black holes' mass
China to build Moon base using 3-D printing technology; mulls mission to Mars
Chinese Space Agency considering a Mars mission as early as 2020
Human brain retrieves past memories by reconstructing the experience in reverse order, suggests study
Human memories are reconstructed and biased representations, rather than simple snapshots of the past, suggests research
Scientists identify bacteria that could be used to generate clean electricity
MIT scientists develop technique to identify electricity producing bacteria
SpaceX plans to lay off 10 per cent of its workforce
SpaceX currently has more than 6,000 employees in its workforce - soon to be reduced by around 600
Earth's erratic magnetic field is pushing the north magnetic pole towards Siberia
Release of the latest World Magnetic Model postponed until 30 January due to the US government shutdown
Scientists design steam-powered spacecraft that can hop between asteroids without running out of fuel
The spacecraft would mine space rocks for water and use it for steam propulsion
Astronomers believe they have captured the birth of a black hole or neutron star for the first time
The event was initially suspected to be a supernova