The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with a satellite in 2015 - now, it's on its way to hit the moon.
In 2018, data suggested there could be water beneath the Red Planet's southern polar cap
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The first-ever mummified foetus has been discovered by a group of scientists.
Tumbling boulders may provide evidence of seismic activity, or 'marsquakes', on the Red Planet.
<p>The Doomsday Clock, which indicates how far humanity is from catastrophe, has revealed its time for 2022. Established in 1947, the aptly-named clock was created by some of the world’s leading scientists as they looked for a way to indicate how much danger humanity is in. While midnight in the real world marks the start <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/doomsday-clock-strikes-100-seconds-to-midnight-again/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A new study has suggested Earth is currently heading towards its sixth mass extinction of the planet’s biodiversity. The study builds on previous warnings that species on our planet have been dying off at an alarming rate. There have been five extinction events in Earth’s history; these are events that are signified by mass biodiversity <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/earth-getting-closer-to-sixth-mass-extinction-study-finds/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>NASA thinks it might well have found signs of life on Mars after its Curiosity rover discovered some exciting supporting evidence. New research has discovered that rocks collected by the rover contain organic carbon, which could have come from bugs that previously lived on Mars. The space agency analysed sediments from six locations the rover <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/nasa-discovers-signs-of-past-life-on-mars/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An asteroid bigger than any building on Earth is set to hurtle past our planet after it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. The recently-released Netflix film Don’t Look Up has warned us of what can happen to humanity when it chooses to ignore giant rocks hurtling towards us from space, but luckily even <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/kilometre-wide-asteroid-to-blast-past-earth-tomorrow/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>There’s an entire multi-million pound industry built around touting cures for baldness, but it turns out you might be better off just going to your local sushi restaurant. According to researchers, the secret to stimulating hair growth is found in none other than wasabi, a condiment offered with most Japanese takeouts. In a 2017 study <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/rubbing-wasabi-on-your-head-could-stop-you-going-bald-research-suggests/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A modified telescope in Arizona is part of a five-year mission to create the most comprehensive map of the universe. Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and scientists from around the globe have been working on the project for less than a year, but have already made the largest ever 3D map <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/largest-dark-energy-map-could-reveal-the-fate-of-the-universe/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A Peruvian warrior is believed to have had his skull fused together by metal in one of the world’s oldest examples of advanced surgery, a US museum has said. The Museum of Osteology, in Oklahoma, says a 2,000-year-old skull in its collection is believed to have been that of a man who was injured in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/2000-year-old-skull-held-together-by-metal-offers-proof-of-ancient-advanced-surgery/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Those who wear facemasks are more attractive than those who don’t, according to a new study. Two years ago, facemasks were still fairly uncommon in most of the world, bar some specific settings; for example, an operating theatre. If you walked around the UK sporting a mask back then, you’d likely be branded a hypochondriac <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/wearing-a-facemask-makes-you-more-attractive-study-finds/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A new planet has been discovered, and according to astronomers it looks more like a vegetable than the spherical globe shape we’re all accustomed to. An international team of astronomers working for the European Space Agency (ESA) made the discovery during an exoplanet mission named CHEOPS. The mission revealed that not just one but multiple <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/astronomers-discover-planet-with-one-of-the-most-unusual-shapes-seen/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was a mini black hole that was still actually very big. Scientists have discovered a ‘mini’ black hole that was hiding in a small galaxy about 110 million light years away, though perhaps ‘mini’ is the wrong word considering this black hole has a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/scientists-find-mini-monster-black-hole-discovered-hiding-in-galaxy/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A ‘strange metal’ has been discovered by scientists with a number of mannerisms they’re scrambling to try and understand. Materials like copper and silver behave in predictable ways, and anyone who took a science class in school can understand how their ability to conduct electricity can change depending on when they’re heated or cooled. However, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/mystery-as-scientists-discover-new-strange-metal-that-behaves-in-ways-they-cant-understand/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Doctors have warned of one unusual symptom that could be an ‘emergency warning sign’ you have the Omicron Covid-19 variant. On January 11, 120,821 people tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, with more than one million having tested positive in the last seven days. Now Omicron is the most dominant strain of coronavirus in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/omicron-doctors-warn-of-symptom-that-could-be-an-emergency-warning-sign/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Blaming impromptu crying sessions on chopping onions could be a thing of the past, thanks to a new product called ‘Sunions’. The product is a result of more than 30 years of breeding to find a variety that will not make the chopper cry, like normal onions do. Unlike its common counterparts, Sunions do not <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/food/tearlessness-onions-that-wont-make-you-cry-to-launch-in-the-uk/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Conservation efforts have led scientists to a radical idea: vacuuming animal DNA out of thin air. Over the past few years, researchers have been tracking aquatic animals using DNA from the water, as well as DNA from plants floating in the air. The process of analysing environmental DNA isn’t a groundbreaking notion – however, a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/scientists-to-vacuum-animal-dna-out-of-thin-air-to-help-protect-endangered-species/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Alcoholics could be treated with ketamine to help break their addiction, scientists have suggested. A trial has found that a low dose of the illegal party drug could combined with psychological therapy helped patients being treated for alcohol addiction to maintain their sobriety for a longer period. The phase II trial, understood to be the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/ketamine-could-be-used-to-help-treat-alcoholism-new-study-suggests/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Chinese scientists have reported finding the first on-site evidence of water being present on the moon. The Chang’e-5 rover first landed on the moon at the end of 2020 to study its surface, from photographing the land to plotting the area below the lunar surface and analysing the moon’s soil. Despite the moon previously being <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/china-says-its-rover-has-found-proof-of-water-on-the-moon/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Scientists have urged people not to panic over reports of a new coronavirus variant that is alleged to be a combination of both Omicron and Delta variants. News of the alleged variant, which has been dubbed ‘Deltacron’, came to light last week as reports suggested it had emerged from what is known as a recombination <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/scientists-call-for-calm-over-reports-of-new-deltacron-variant/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The largest-ever sea dragon dinosaur fossil has been discovered in the UK. The fossilised remains were discovered at Rutland Water Nature Reserve in February 2021 by Joe Davis, conservation team leader at Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. The sea dragons, which are similar in shape to dolphins, have previously been known to vary in size <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/sea-dragon-dinosaur-dolphin-fossil-discovered-in-the-uk/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to observe the self-destruction of a star in real time. The team, led by astronomers from Northwestern University and the University of California, Berkeley, observed the dramatic end of a red supergiant star before watching it become a type II supernova. There have got to be few jobs <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/astronomers-observe-rapid-self-destruction-of-supergiant-star-in-breakthrough-of-understanding/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>