Science
Do other planets have plate tectonics?
Earth's surface is broken up into large plates that rub against each other, causing earthquakes, vol...
How big is the universe? The shape of space-time c...
We may never know what lies beyond the boundaries of the observable universe, but the fabric of the ...
Smiling robot face is made from living human skin ...
A technique for attaching a skin made from living human cells to a robotic framework could give robo...
Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red...
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a rare surprise while imaging an intense thunderstorm off the...
Marvel superheroes battle bloodthirsty Xenomorphs ...
Marvel Comics' 'Marvel vs. Alien' variant covers are coming soon.
Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie...
Whether space and time are part of the universe or they emerge from quantum entanglement is one of t...
What would happen if Earth was the centre of the s...
Geocentrism, the idea that everything in the universe revolves around Earth, has long been disproven...
It's back! Aurora-sparking sunspot returns for rar...
The sunspot region responsible for May's epic solar storm and widespread auroras is returning for th...
'Physics itself disappears': How theoretical physi...
Thomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian r...
NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was f...
NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the mountains of North Carolina are the re...
The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – s...
Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this...
SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GO...
SpaceX rolled its Falcon Heavy rocket out to the pad on Monday (June 24) ahead of its 10th-ever laun...
Three bright ideas that could fix fashion's enviro...
3D weaving technology, AI-designed fibres and leather made from waste fish scales are among the sust...
We are closer than ever to finally proving the mul...
One hundred years ago, we discovered there were other galaxies beyond our own. Now, we might be on t...
China’s Chang’e 6 returns with first rocks from fa...
The Chinese lunar spacecraft Chang’e 6 has touched down in Inner Mongolia, bringing back to Earth th...
Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may ...
As ice melts beneath Antarctica, warm ocean water can intrude further inland and set off more meltin...
This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hun...
The James Webb Space Telescope saw a supermassive black hole that wasn't overfeeding when time began...
China returns samples from the moon's far side in ...
China's Chang'e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon's far side to Earth, notch...
Powerful GOES-U weather satellite cleared for June...
NOAA's GOES-U weather satellite has been cleared for its planned Tuesday (June 25) liftoff atop a Sp...
Dazzling photos capture the unreal beauty of insec...
Sleeping cuckoo bees, colourful cotton harlequin bugs and a thorny lacewing trapped in amber appear ...
China's Chang'e 6 probe will soon bring samples of...
China's Chang'e 6 probe is scheduled to return to Earth on June 25, and scientists are starting to g...
Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the...
More than 50 million people living near airports in Europe may be at risk of health impacts from a l...
Massive radio telescope array investigates the bir...
Using the ALMA radio telescope array, astronomers have investigated the disks of gas and dust around...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin could soon launch Nigeria'...
A Nigerian could soon make it to space for the first time ever, via Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Bl...
Supermassive black hole winds blowing at 36 millio...
Astronomers have measured supermassive black hole winds that existed when the universe was less than...
NASA sued after space junk from ISS crashes into F...
A Florida family is suing NASA after discarded components from the International Space Station crash...
Quantum ‘super behaviour’ could create energy seem...
It should be possible to combine several quantum states, each with almost no energy, to create a sin...
Air sealed in Perseverance's Mars sample return tu...
Scientists won't only study the rocks NASA's Perseverance rover has cached throughout its trek acros...
