When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of a gas giant exoplanet evolving into a hot Jupiter. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva There’s more to a distant gas giant planet than meets the eye. Astronomers have discovered that an extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” not… Read More »
Draw a horizontal line west from the north coast of Estonia and it will pass through the southernmost tip of Greenland. So I was surprised when I looked out onto the Estonian beach and saw sunny sand where children played and their parents had picnics. My guide, Signe, searches for food through the vegetation between… Read More »
How we best recover from the various types of stress in our lives depends primarily on our three most effective recovery tools: sleep, nutrition, and exercise. If you want to relieve stress, lose weight, feel and look better, and have better medical screening numbers, you can’t ignore these three essential elements of health, stress relief,… Read More »
Sir Richard Branson has always been a class warrior. His airline Virgin Atlantic was the brash David who took on British Airways’ pukka, clipped-voiced Goliath and won. On his first jet, a leased Boeing 747, Branson introduced Upper Class, a cabin between business and first class. Virgin was the first major carrier to introduce Premium… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. International Space Station. | Source: NASA NASA says the International Space Station is scheduled to be replaced in the 2030s, but it will be a long time before the orbiting laboratory officially reaches the end of its life. SpaceX’s… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers have detected an exoplanet with an extremely elongated orbit and drastic temperature changes that could be evolving into another kind of world. The exoplanet, named TIC 241249530 b, orbits a star about 1,100 light-years… Read More »
A big summer vacation is a double-edged sword: A glimmer of hope on the horizon, but also a source of stress (last-minute deadlines, the knowledge that leaving the office won’t put off the boss). Regular weekend getaways are easy resets. So where to go? Below are 12 of our favorite restaurants with rooms that will… Read More »
SpaceX is building a souped-up version of its cargo Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the International Space Station and perform a controlled re-entry and breakup in a remote part of the ocean after the laboratory is set to retire in 2030, NASA and company officials said Wednesday. The ISS Deorbit Vehicle (DV) will be a one-of-a-kind,… Read More »
Ahead of the general election, Labour leader Keir Starmer has vowed to “fix broken Britain” and when it comes to UK tourism, he needs to be sharp on the issue. According to the latest statistics from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), visitor numbers to the UK in 2023 are still 5.6% down on… Read More »
The Labour Party called its manifesto “Change”. It campaigned for “Change”. But there was no change of direction in the King’s Speech. Quite the opposite. As long as there was a plan for anything, it was to continue to turn Britain into a big government, low growth, low energy corporatist state. This direction of travel… Read More »