Science
NASA scientists solve mystery of curious 'spiders'...
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recreated spider-like araneiform terrain, a geol...
Black hole’s jets are so huge that they may shake ...
Spanning 23 million light years, or 220 Milky Way galaxies, a set of giant, newly discovered black h...
Freak waves may be more dangerous than we thought ...
Experiments in a state-of-the-art wave tank suggest we have underestimated the potential size and po...
Why the words we use in physics obscure the true n...
Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physici...
Best-ever 'Cloud Atlas' of Mars showcases stunning...
The most comprehensive map of clouds on Mars includes a variety of cloud patterns, including some th...
Largest jets ever seen blasting from a black hole ...
Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system P...
‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard ...
An artificial intelligence model that can identify the calls of eight whale species is helping resea...
'Space for Birds': Astronaut Roberta Bondar captur...
Roberta Bondar knew that she would not be able to hear birds, let alone seen them from space, but wh...
Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars' moon Pho...
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular sight from the surface of Mars: The first-ever pho...
Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every...
The second-closest planet to the sun is more geologically active than we thought and could have more...
SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut launch delayed to Sept. 25...
Nick Hague, an active US Space Force Guardian, will lead the next ISS mission in his role as a NASA ...
Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse delights skyw...
Check out these incredible Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse photos from around the world. Septem...
Watch Rocket Lab launch 5 'Internet of Things' sat...
Rocket Lab plans to boost a French company's 'Internet of Things' constellation with a five-satellit...
Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay under...
Some lizards dive into streams to escape predators, and a specialised bubble-breathing technique ena...
People hugely underestimate the carbon footprints ...
In a survey of thousands of people, respondents underestimated the massive difference between the ca...
Quantum computers teleport and store energy harves...
A quantum computing protocol makes it possible to extract energy from seemingly empty space, telepor...
SpaceX launching 2 European navigation satellites ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch two European navigation satellites tonight (Sept. 17). It ...
Our reality seems to be compatible with a quantum ...
Even though the strange behaviour we observe in the quantum realm isn’t part of our daily lives, sim...
A 'primordial' black hole may zoom through our sol...
If microscopic black holes born a fraction of a second after the Big Bang exist, then at least one m...
FAA plans to fine SpaceX $630,000 for alleged laun...
The FAA has proposed fining SpaceX more than $630,000 for allegedly failing to comply with regulatio...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS nears the sun this month. ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning...
We need to start telling women how pregnancy chang...
Maternity services need to educate parents-to-be on how pregnancy will affect their brain - their li...
Some flowers may have evolved long stems to be bet...
Echolocating bats can more easily find and pollinate long-stemmed flowers that stand out from the su...
Snoring isn't just a nuisance, it's dangerous. Why...
Snoring is often viewed as harmless, at least to the snorer, but we are now uncovering its potential...
9 firsts in 5 days: Polaris Dawn crew lands from h...
Four private astronauts are back on Earth after a five-day mission that set firsts and broke records...
Space missions are getting more complex − lessons ...
Space mission designers plan their routes in order to deliver their payloads to the Moon or Mars, or...
What time is the Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar ecli...
The full moon of September will put on a dramatic show tonight, the exact timing of which will depen...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not ...
Earth will grab itself another moon this month, but only briefly. The "mini-moon" in the form of ast...
Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W...
In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the uni...
Did a star escape cannibalism by its dead 'monster...
A distant star has a dead star companion lurking in its vicinity that could be a monster-massive whi...
Scientists spot ancient 'smiley face' on Mars — an...
Newly released images of Mars reveal a "smiley" salt deposit on the Red Planet's surface. A related ...
Auroras galore! Severe geomagnetic storm sparks st...
The almost fully illuminated Harvest Moon was no match for the dazzling aurora display.
Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn
A ring of asteroid debris could have orbited Earth for tens of millions of years, and perhaps even h...
Don't miss the Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclips...
On Sept. 17, the full moon will put on a dazzling display. While appearing slightly larger-than-aver...
