Science
Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been na...
Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be...
Europe weighs fallout from proposed NASA budget cu...
The European Space Agency is assessing how proposed cuts to NASA's budget could impact it as major c...
Earth's skies pulse in sync with the sun's solar f...
Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun's fiery outbursts, indicating it is more sensitive to...
'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' returns to theater...
"Shiver with antici… pation!" as those over-sexed aliens from the planet Transexual celebrate their ...
Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sink...
Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most o...
India delays 1st Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 202...
India now plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit for the first time no sooner than 2027, after co...
The maths that tells us when a scientific discover...
When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or...
Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter'...
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spew...
'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed b...
Elon Musk explained the rather depressing fate of life on Earth to Fox News host Jesse Waters, who h...
Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' ...
A new study suggests trees in the forest can access ancient memories and "talk" to each other hours ...
NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' us...
A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fra...
Laurie Leshin stepping down as director of NASA’s ...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will prepare for new leadership, as current director Laurie Leshin ...
Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the...
Cases of dementia doubled worldwide between 1990 and 2021, but more than quadrupled in China during ...
'Destiny 2' is getting four new expansions, includ...
Bungie might be dropping a Marathon reboot on us this year, but Destiny 2 ain't going anywhere, and ...
99.999 per cent of the deep seabed remains unexplo...
Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explore...
James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-ho...
Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it...
We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scientific ideas have the...
NASA gets keys to Orion | Space photo of the day f...
Lockheed Martin officials handed over the "keys" to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft to NASA, marking ...
Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no...
The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus probe will fall back to Earth from orbit soon, and it may...
Sun unleashes jaw-dropping filament eruption — but...
GOES-19 satellite captures breathtaking footage as a towering solar filament erupts over the sun's e...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re ...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. No...
The birds upending our idea of shared parenting
Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lif...
Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all...
The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in ...
3D-print a realistic supernova remnant with NASA's...
New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your ha...
Get closer to the Flower Moon with 27% off these S...
For high-contrast views of the Flower Moon, this May 12, we recommend these Celestron SkyMaster 12x6...
Lunar laser: China makes 1st daytime laser-ranging...
China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to t...
Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS ...
The makers of an AI model called Foresight say it could help predict disease or hospitalisation rate...
Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on t...
A Belgian sculptor credited with the "Fallen Astronaut" figurine left on the surface of the moon in ...
'Gears of War: Reloaded' chainsaws its way into Xb...
E-Day is still a ways off, but the 2006 original Gears of War is getting a remaster that's emerging ...
England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edite...
A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost f...
Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar or...
Japan's private Resilience lunar lander arrived in orbit around the moon on Tuesday (May 6), a month...
Where does the universe's gold come from? Giant fl...
Scientists have finally gathered direct proof of how the universe forges its heaviest elements, a pr...
Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and...
The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum correlat...
SpaceX gets FAA approval for 25 Starship launches ...
The FAA has approved SpaceX's request to increase the maximum number of Starship launches from its S...
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 prototype goes hypersonic ...
Stratolaunch Systems conducted its first hypersonic test flight with its Talon-A2 vehicle and Roc ca...
See what it's like to witness Earth's poles from s...
SpaceX's Fram2 captured stunning views of the Earth as the mission's private astronauts became the f...
Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-tim...
Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. ...
A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mount...
As the search for geologic hydrogen - a potential clean source of energy beneath the ground - contin...
NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off Ma...
A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport. The Lego Ico...
Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulat...
A type of cognitive behavioural therapy that focuses on mindfulness and tolerating distress has show...
Asteroid Vesta could be a fragment of a solar syst...
The interior of asteroid Vesta has been shown not to be a protoplanet after all, meaning that new ex...
Rooms and a view | Space photo of the day for May ...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 crew member Nichole Ayers took this photo of the forward portion of...
What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the n...
25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of seven incredibly har...
Lego and Lunar Outpost to roll out 'Moon Rover Spa...
The first U.S. teleoperated rover to reach the moon's surface is rolling out as a Lego model this su...
Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'c...
Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for a...
Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 5-6, and the astrophotography community were there to wa...
Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis...
Being able to quickly pinpoint the location of events such as landslides and pyroclastic flows will ...
Going fast, this child-friendly Celestron Firstsco...
Save 20% on this super-compact Celestron 76mm Signature Series FirstScope, ideal for kids and absolu...
'Right now, we are in what has to be a Golden Age ...
Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by ...
