galaxy

Phantom galaxy revealed


An image of distant spiral galaxy Messier 74 captured using the Hubble space telescope.

Messier 74 galaxy, some 32m light years away, revealed by Nasa...

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When baking isn't a piece of cake

hedgehogs

How can we help hedgehogs on bonfire night?

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Which British companies are fighting climate change

power from the final frontier

Giant collectors in space that beam solar energy back to Earth could soon be a reality. And, as James Bloom reports, it could be a bigger moneyspinner than space tourism

At some point before 2050, satellites collecting solar power and beaming it back to Earth will become a primary energy source, streaming terawatts of electricity continuously from space...