Science
Departing Ax-3 crew leaves behind peanut butter as...
SpaceX astronauts with Axiom Space decided to leave behind a special snack for the International Spa...
China's Chang'e-5 moon samples contain 'perplexing...
China's Chang'e-5 moon samples are giving scientists new insights into the history of our moon.
Tiny, unseen moon could be holding bizarre space r...
A little moonlet, too small to be seen from Earth, could be playing cosmic sheepdog by shaping the t...
UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new record for ener...
In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET fusion reactor smas...
UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record fo...
In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET reactor set a world...
Watch private Ax-3 astronauts return to Earth in S...
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission is scheduled...
Exercise programme helps people with long covid, b...
An eight-week virtual exercise programme improved the quality of life of people with long covid, but...
SpaceX launches NASA's PACE satellite to study Ear...
NASA's PACE ocean-monitoring satellite, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four times, l...
Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act ...
Researchers wanting to make use of locusts’ keen sense of smell to sniff out certain chemicals have ...
Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7...
The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels for the month, ...
1st look: Mace Windu protects a galactic secret in...
Marvel Comics' new "Star Wars" comic book miniseries, "Mace Windu #1" is out today, Feb. 7. Here's a...
Upcoming solar maximum may help solve the sun's ga...
The upcoming solar maximum may help scientists solve the puzzle of why the sun's poles emitted ten t...
Surprise! Baby exoplanets might look like Smarties...
Infant exoplanets may not be spherical as astronomers have always assumed. Instead, they may be obla...
Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually...
A type of distant planet long thought to have water oceans on its surface may be too hot for liquid ...
New film 'Spacewoman' to celebrate NASA's Eileen C...
NASA astronaut Eileen Collins will be featured in "Spacewoman", a documentary coming in 2025 about t...
Inhalable nanoparticles could help treat chronic l...
Nanoparticles designed to release antibiotics deep inside the lungs reduced inflammation and improve...
Here's what it's like taking a VR spacewalk with t...
Moon robotics will move around astronauts and equipment to get ready for lunar landings. But first, ...
Orca pod disappears after being trapped in driftin...
A group of more than a dozen orcas has disappeared after being trapped in freezing Japanese waters f...
Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time ar...
A new paper suggests we may finally be able to uncover the identity of dark matter using the same te...
Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global oc...
Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometres deep beneath the s...
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean...
Astronomers have made a shock discovery that Saturn's moon Mimas seems to have a liquid ocean beneat...
Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theor...
Physicists’ search for a theory that explains all reality in one framework appeared to have stalled....
Big, dead European satellite will crash back to Ea...
The European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 spacecraft will fall into Earth's atmosphere in a week or ...
Astronaut Hall of Fame to add shuttle vets David H...
Although they never flew in space together, astronauts David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins crossed paths ...
Humans on Mars could conduct far better science th...
NASA's moon-to-Mars strategy identifies science as one of three pillars upon which the agency's ques...
Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by...
A subspecies of the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard was found by a landmine clearance team, the fir...
What's the forecast for Neptune-like exoplanets: C...
Do the Milky Way's most common planets, mini-Neptunes, have atmospheres filled with opaque clouds or...
Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space
In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts' psychological well...
Best smart telescopes in 2024: Observe and image t...
The best smart telescopes have top-notch tech, user-friendly interfaces and provide stunning views o...
World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveil...
A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the longest ever used in an ...
Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control ...
Making a strange state of matter called a time crystal inside a quantum computer helped researchers ...
Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it sur...
A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastructure have led to some...
How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and...
Menstrual cycles change over time, but the menopause, and the time leading up to it, particularly al...
SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites to orbit f...
SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites at 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 GMT) on W...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its wor...
Budgetary issues have forced the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for robotic planetar...
Lunar astronauts could potentially make hummus wit...
A team of researchers has grown chickpeas in simulated moondust for the first time.
How scientists are using artificial intelligence t...
AI continues to prove successful as an important tool for fire weather forecasters, both with thunde...
SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for launch of IM-1 privat...
SpaceX is targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, which aims to become...
NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe heads back towa...
Thanks to a powerful engine burn on Feb. 3, NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy spacecraft is on its way ba...
India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter catalogs tons o...
Over the course of 3 years, Chandrayaan-2 observed thousands of mysterious, slow-building, ultra-hot...
