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Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Earth

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

In this stunning photo snapped from the International Space Station, green LED fishing lures light up the night in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea

Regulars

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

News

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

Space

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

News

ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

Space

ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

News

NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

Space

NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

News

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

News

clock cartoon

Technology

Become a time lord with this remote control clock

Regulars

Carlo Rovelli

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Physics

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Features

dancers

Physics

Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?

Why we perceive the passage of time is one of the biggest mysteries of physics. Now we could have found its source – in our most potent theory of reality

Features

Space

Lunar X Prize to put a rover on the moon has been resurrected

News

Space

Astronauts could 3D print tools from their own processed faeces

News

Space

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

News

Space

Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun

Features

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