A mesmerising – and alarming – new animation from NASA demonstrates just how dramatic the increase in near-Earth asteroids entering our Solar System has become over the last 20 years.
READ MOREWhen plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. What happens if gravity is no longer part of the equation?
READ MOREScientists use magnetic fields to drive spiral nanobots for drug delivery.
READ MOREThe survey also confirmed the existence of two other moons, whose discovery was announced last year
READ MORELast week we talked about the Chinese Chang’e-4 lunar probe that China was set to launch to study the far side of the moon. The probe launched in the early hours of Saturday morning and that lunch went off without a hitch. China sent the probe towards the moon atop a Long March-3B rocket.
READ MOREHere’s what a rumbling Red Planet sounds like
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