Tom Metcalfe

Live Science Contributor

Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom. Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans. He has also written for the BBC, NBC News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Air & Space, and many others.

Articles by: Tom Metcalfe

The Airbus Zephyr drone launches for its record-setting flight on July 11.

Pseudo-Satellite Drone Flies for 25 Days Straight, Sets Endurance Record

By Tom Metcalfe published

The Zephyr drone could be used for military reconnaissance and wildfire monitoring, among other activities.

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Nuclear Fusion Power Could Be Here by 2030, One Company Says

By Tom Metcalfe published

This is a major advance on the way to achieving fusion energy.

The submarine probe will navigate Titan's seas of methane and ethane, at temperatures of minus 300 degrees F.

A Little Robotic Submarine Could Ply Alien Seas

By Tom Metcalfe published

Researchers have been testing the sub in a bucket-sized mock alien ocean in a lab.

The iron dagger found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun dates to around 1350 B.C., about 200 years before the Iron Age.

King Tut's Dagger Is 'Out of This World'

By Tom Metcalfe published

This photo, taken from North Korean Central Television on July 4, 2017, shows a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Hwasong-14 Missile Test: Can North Korea's Rockets Reach the US?

By Tom Metcalfe published

Are North Korean rockets capable of reaching American shores?

The Hinode spacecraft captured this stunning image of the maximum solar eclipse on May 20, 2012, which darkened the sky in parts of the Western United States and Southeast Asia, according to NASA.

Why Total Solar Eclipses Are Total Coincidences

By Tom Metcalfe published

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How One Scientist Decoded the Mysterious Sounds of the Northern Lights

By Tom Metcalfe published

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16th-Century Shipwrecks Found Amid Rocket Debris Off Florida Coast

By Tom Metcalfe published

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Echoes of Ancient Cosmology Found at Prehistoric Native American Site

By Tom Metcalfe published

A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of the ancient hunter-gatherer people who built the site around 2,300 years ago, according to a new study.

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