Science
Elephants seem to invent names for each other
An analysis of their vocalisations suggests that African savannah elephants invent names for each ot...
The largest volcanoes on Mars have frosted tips du...
We know that there is ice at the Martian poles and underground, but until now it wasn't clear it cou...
Astrophotographer gets close-up look at monster su...
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro explains how he captured this incredible image of the sun's surface t...
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended ...
The first astronaut mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule won't come back to Earth until June 18 at ...
'We thought it was impossible:' Water frost on Mar...
Water frost has been found on huge volcanoes at the equator of Mars, a region where scientists thoug...
A surprisingly quick enzyme could shift our unders...
Biological processes such as DNA replication or cellular structure formation may become more accurat...
Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy ...
The existence of carbon in the early universe means that planets and perhaps even life could have fo...
The Milky Way's last major act of galactic canniba...
Gaia discovers the Milky Way's last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent, as th...
Bacteria evolve to get better at evolving in lab e...
When bacteria were put in alternating environments, some became better at evolving to cope with the ...
'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed a...
Tiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to primo...
Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3...
The protective bubble around the sun retreated dramatically after colliding with a freezing interste...
The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an in...
The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally u...
'Vampire stars' explode after eating too much — AI...
Type Ia supernovas erupt when white dwarf "dead stars" vampirically feast on a companion star. Resea...
Sandworms rise from the sands of Arrakis in exclus...
An exclusive look at "Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet," which comes out on July 16.
What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsol...
The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. ...
Astronauts test SpaceX Starship hardware and space...
Two astronauts performed tests inside full-scale mock ups of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System ...
'Stellar Dreams' project gifting 100 telescopes to...
An interview with Raven Baxter and NASA's Ronald Gamble about the Stellar Dreams Project, which will...
At long last: Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket set to ...
Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 114 —Starliner...
On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing's Starliner an...
SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day ...
During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Buildi...
Arrokoth the 'space snowman' probably tastes like ...
Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet ...
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured 'Eart...
Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, wa...
NASA's wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sampl...
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten stu...
Virgin Galactic eyes June 8 for final commercial s...
Virgin Galactic aims to launch its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final...
SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Flori...
SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Co...
Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species f...
A kneecap and two teeth found in Germany have been identified as belonging to a new species of ape f...
Jupiter's raging gas cyclones may actually mirror ...
Jupiter and Earth's oceans have more in common than you might think.
Weird magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune may co...
An exotic molecule stabilized by intense pressure found in the icy depths of Neptune and Uranus coul...
Starliner and Starship launches propel space indus...
SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on the same day that Boeing’s Starliner craft made ...
