Recent studies have cast doubt on the presence of a lake of liquid water beneath the ice cap at Mars’ south pole, a discovery that initially raised hopes of finding microbial life on the Red Planet. In 2018, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express satellite detected strong radar reflections that indicated a 12-mile-long lake lay … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Africa’s largest pay-TV operator MultiChoice has recommended that shareholders accept a buyout offer from French streaming service Canal+, in a deal that values the company at $2.9 billion. An independent board of the Johannesburg-listed group … Read more
There are serious delays on the M5 today, Saturday May 25, as holidaymakers head south to enjoy the bank holiday weekends. We will keep you informed of the latest news in our live blog below. There were major delays on both the M5 and M4 last night. Today, delays extend from Junction 14 of the … Read more
Staff members give the media a tour of the newly built 3,200 megapixel LSST camera, the largest camera ever built, at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. After twenty years of work, the device will soon be packed up and shipped to a mountaintop in Chile to … Read more