Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection ~humanities.history Article 820 words 8 votes
Boeing launches long-delayed Starliner capsule with two NASA astronauts on board ~space spaceflight.crewed rocketry Article 745 words 24 votes
Denmark's Henrik Stiesdal and Andrew Garrad from the UK share engineering's QEPrize for contributions to the development of wind power ~engineering Article 818 words 5 votes
James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion ~space astronomy Article 777 words 12 votes
Clues to the near-future behaviour of a warming Greenland, and perhaps even a warming Antarctic, buried under the North Sea ~enviro climate change water.melt Article 706 words 5 votes
International Astronomical Union establishes centre to coordinate response to satellite constellations ~space satellites astronomy Article 774 words, published Feb 4 2022 5 votes
Norway funds satellite map of world's tropical forests – funding for the project comes through its International Climate and Forests Initiative ~enviro Article 64 words 8 votes
A big chunk of ice has broken away from the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, in north-east Greenland – ejected section covers about 110 square km ~enviro climate change Article 686 words 13 votes
Scientists have identified more than fifty new lakes of liquid water lying under the Greenland ice sheet ~science Article 666 words 9 votes
Nasa's New Horizons: 'Snowman' shape of distant Ultima Thule revealed ~space astronomy Article 1169 words 12 votes
Mars: NASA lands InSight robot to study planet's interior ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 657 words 25 votes