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NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May...
Our cells can divide in a completely unexpected wa...
A different kind of human cell division could improve our understanding of cancer and help us grow s...
FAA grounds Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until...
The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until the company ...
Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch...
There's an issue with the fuel line that feeds the Psyche asteroid probe's thrusters with xenon gas....
These 5000-year-old Egyptian coffins depict the Mi...
A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent t...
International Space Station fires thrusters to avo...
A Russian cargo ship docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters Wednesday (April ...
Hijacked cicadas play music like a cyborg loudspea...
Cicadas can be turned into living speakers and made to play music such as Pachelbel’s Canon
See Saturn and Venus flank ghostly Neptune in the ...
Before Saturn and Neptune team up to leave Venus in the dust later in the month.
Meta, Amazon and Google accused of 'distorting' ke...
A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology giants, making objec...
How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years wi...
Greenland sharks show no signs of retinal degeneration despite living for up to 400 years, and scien...
The 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 1970s
From 'Space: 1999' and 'Battlestar Galactica' to 'UFO' and 'Mork & Mindy,' the 1970s might be th...
ISS astronaut shares recipe for a 'ranger' burger ...
Stacking wheat snack bread, beef steak, cheese spread, potatoes au gratin and gochujang red pepper p...
Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sk...
An object seen to have moved in the time between when it was imaged by the IRAS and AKARI surveys in...
Key component of dark chocolate might have an anti...
A chemical that is mainly found in dark chocolate seems to slow our rate of biological ageing, but i...
Asteroid Vesta is at its brightest this week. Here...
Vesta won't reach opposition with Earth again until Oct. 13, 2026.
James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of g...
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a "visual feast of galaxies," includ...
The best new science fiction books of May 2025
May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an ali...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks May 6. Here's ...
The annual Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is due to peak on the morning of May 6. thanks to debris left b...
Doubts mount further over signs of alien life on K...
An independent analysis of recent data from K2-18b casts doubt on claims of detecting alien life on ...
Housework robots are a step closer as they learn t...
Robots often struggle to carry out tasks in places where they haven’t been trained, but a new AI mod...
Watch 2 NASA astronauts perform the 5th-ever all-f...
NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will head outside the ISS at around 8 a.m. ET today (...
Drugs like Wegovy can be effective at treating fat...
Semaglutide, a drug commonly taken for weight loss, showed marked benefits for most patients in a tr...
Cyclones on Jupiter and a moon with flowing magma:...
NASA's mission to Jupiter has revealed new findings about the giant planet and its volcanic moon.
Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes ...
Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have f...
Petzl Tikka Core headlamp review
A reliable, no-nonsense, hybrid-powered headlamp from one of the best technical brands in the busine...
A thousand stars are fleeing home in a hurry, and ...
Data from Europe's Gaia spacecraft have revealed that a cluster of 1,000 stars is breaking up much f...
New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo ...
This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the relat...
NASA is looking to privatize astronaut rescue serv...
NASA is asking private industry and academia for ideas for new rescue services for its astronauts on...
Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extr...
Several recent scientific findings, including signs of life on an exoplanet and 'de-extinction' of t...
How a simple walk can bust stress, boost cognition...
We all know that walking is good for us, but growing evidence reveals that the right hike can expone...
These are the sharpest images yet of planets being...
Astronomers have captured the sharpest, most detailed images yet of young solar systems where planet...
Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s abili...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent thro...
Bitter argument breaks out over controversial theo...
Research aiming to answer the great mystery of how consciousness arises is continuing to spark debat...
These ARE the Lego Star Wars deals you're looking ...
Here's our roundup of the biggest savings and discounts you can make on the best Lego Star Wars sets...
You really need to check out 'Moonrise', Netflix's...
Earthlings take on a lunar revolution in this exhausting-but-ambitious sci-fi spectacle
Amateur astrophotographer captures gorgeous view o...
Amateur astrophotographer Joel Martin captured this stunning view of Bode's galaxy in February this ...
John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astr...
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is heading for its moon. The actor is se...
How to edit a solar eclipse photograph: A step-by-...
By compiling your images of a solar eclipse, you not only create stunning images but also tell a sto...
How to see a celestial 'gazelle' cross the night s...
Follow the gazelle's flight from the Lion of Leo.
Capture May's full moon and the Eta Aquarid meteor...
We think the D850 is an astro master and it comes designed for shooting in the dark, thanks to backl...
What can ripples in spacetime reveal about black h...
Cosmic echoes from some of the universe's most violent collisions are far more nuanced than scientis...
China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts return to Earth aft...
China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission came home on Wednesday (April 30) after six months in orbit...
Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection...
AI-powered deepfake videos with altered facial expressions can display realistic heartbeats through ...
Our wounds heal slower than the cuts and scrapes o...
Human wounds take almost three times as long to heal as those of other primates, which may come down...
See photos snapped in space by Europe's 1st privat...
A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week...
Trump administration jeopardises key report on cli...
The Trump administration has dismissed all of the researchers working on the next installment of the...
NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fi...
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft...
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket fails during 6th-...
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during its sixth-ever launch today (April 29), ...
Next private astronaut mission to the ISS will lau...
Houston company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for the launc...
New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours...
Six different rockets launched toward orbit during an approximately 17.5-hour stretch, topping by tw...
