Science
Boeing Starliner astronauts will spend at least 24...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least eight consecutive months aboar...
'Doomed' comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS survives brush wi...
We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked...
Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after ...
Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scien...
Falling satellite will give clues to how objects b...
A chance to observe the high-speed re-entry of a falling satellite will give researchers important i...
How AI is revealing the universe's original 'setti...
Astronomers used artificial intelligence to calculate the five cosmological parameters that describe...
Dark matter could be hiding inside strange failed ...
Brown dwarfs could be hiding dark matter inside their cores – if they are, there would be signs that...
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the nor...
Here's what to expect from this aurora season and how to best prepare for your northern lights hunti...
Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable o...
In the opening to Octavia E. Butler's prescient science fiction novel Parable of the Sower, the late...
N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of P...
The Hugo award-winning author explains how she finally got to grips with Octavia E. Butler's dystopi...
Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth w...
Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule is poised to return to Earth without any crew aboard on Sept. 6,...
Potato yarn may cut the fashion industry's environ...
Thread that contains the part of a potato plant that is normally thrown away could be a sustainable ...
New record: Blue Origin launches youngest woman be...
Blue Origin set a new record with today's space tourism launch, sending the youngest woman beyond th...
Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and ...
A new process uses cheap catalysts to break down polyethylene and polypropylene into their building ...
Marmosets seem to call each other by name
Marmosets are the first non-human primates shown to use personalised signifiers to refer to each oth...
Polaris Dawn crew patiently await SpaceX launch am...
Weather conditions at the mission's landing zones have postponed the Polaris Dawn launch, and also t...
Netflix's 'Terminator Zero' restores faith in an a...
Netflix's grim new 'Terminator Zero' anime series is a triumph of serious storytelling and killer ro...
World's largest sailing cargo ship makes first tra...
The largest sailing cargo ship in existence is on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, demon...
SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxie...
New findings could elevate SETI into an extragalactic search for life beyond Earth.
NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on dela...
The NASA Office of Inspector General has issued a scathing report on the Mobile Launcher 2 project. ...
Archaeologists find huge, 2,500-year-old Egyptian ...
An Egyptian dig uncovered a massive building that shows considerable evidence of astronomy observati...
Backflipping springtails are the fastest spinners ...
High-speed camera recordings show that springtails spin at up to 368 rotations per second when they ...
Satellite watches as hazardous wildfire particles ...
The recently launched satellite has been watching the spread of aerosols from wildfire smoke, creati...
Trump says he'd create a Space National Guard if e...
Former President Trump said he would create a Space National Guard if elected for a second term this...
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the risk...
The Polaris Dawn mission will include the first ever civilian spacewalk, and with a new spacesuit an...
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut t...
The inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which will send NASA's two-satell...
Fungus transforms food waste into haute cuisine
The orange mould Neurospora intermedia can grow on a wide range of waste products without producing ...
Space tourism: What are the pros and cons?
Space tourism is controversial, and there are a multitude of reasons why.
Watch Blue Origin launch NS-26 space tourism missi...
Blue Origin will launch its eighth suborbital space tourism mission this morning (Aug. 29), and you ...
Mosquito-borne illnesses are spiking across the wo...
Climate change is extending mosquito season and helping to drive outbreaks of dengue fever, Oropouch...
