Science
The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working pr...
A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronaut...
Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency whil...
A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experimental cryptocurrenc...
My quiet obsession with satellites — and how they'...
From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky — and not always...
SpaceX to go public with a mind-bogglingly histori...
With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly tr...
How to sparkle in conversation with strangers
In the face of loneliness, many people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship – but research s...
First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in t...
A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology...
SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as ...
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for Space...
Global map reveals the vast scale of underground f...
Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they ar...
Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap...
It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to clos...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killi...
A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early ...
El Niño has started and the weather could get weir...
Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it is more likely than...
Don't miss this beautiful 3-planet parade after su...
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will form a striking 3-planet parade low above the western horizon after ...
'Star City''s Agnes O'Casey and Anna Maxwell Marti...
'It's not a big deal that they’re women in their fields. They're just sort of surviving and ruthless...
Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum il...
An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from qua...
Grab our best telescope for beginners with $100 of...
Celestron's iconic orange NexStar series is on sale on Amazon and includes the smallest of the set, ...
Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from ...
Changes in the Southern Patagonia Icefield can be seen from space
'Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2' upgrades the sci-fi act...
We got tactical and stayed frosty for our preview of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, guided by game direct...
Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winte...
Student Gunnar Hartmann wins Nature’s 2026 Scientist at Work photography competition for this shot o...
Why do stars appear different colors in the night ...
Discover why some stars shine blue, white, orange or red and what those colors tell us about the cos...
The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielbe...
With Steven Spielberg’s new extraterrestrial film Disclosure Day just out, it’s the ideal time to wa...
Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer ...
A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying ...
Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of ...
Don't miss out on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds se...
Norton comes recommended as one of the best VPN services and offers online security, convenience, an...
James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the myst...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of "little red ...
NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut cr...
The four astronauts named to the Artemis 3 crew are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they wer...
'Voltron: Legendary Defender' turns 10 today, and ...
Voltron may sound like an ointment for back pain, but the reboot Legendary Defender demonstrates tha...
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have...
The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Eart...
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the e...
Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling acco...
Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most ...
Feedback is alarmed by a study that explored how funny people think they are, and that discovered ce...
'Doctor Who' Christmas Special is cancelled as Rus...
The Whos in Whoville won’t have a very merry Christmas this year.
Jupiter and Venus looked spectacular in this week'...
Venus and Jupiter passed close to one another, setting the stage for a captivating planetary photosh...
NASA's ambitious Artemis 3 mission includes 3 gian...
NASA's Artemis 3 mission in 2027 looks to be one of agency's most complicated missions ever, with th...
Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-...
Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatened by predators, but ...
Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean...
Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of wh...
Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar syst...
The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with un...
Gears of War E-Day developer The Coalition explain...
We checked out Gears of War E-Day and chatted to the devs at Summer Games Fest, to find out more abo...
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could des...
Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more damage to the ozone lay...
Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you | Space ...
A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as ...
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers...
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two year...
NASA is building a new space telescope to search f...
A new study analyzed how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosi...
Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to...
Here's where and when to see the 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse on Feb. 6, 2027
A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic ab...
A near miss with a Waymo while cycling through London hasn't changed my optimistic stance on driverl...
Strange 'spacetime crystals' could give birth to t...
Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize...
Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the...
Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line by the Ukrainian mili...
Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of th...
Scrape marks inside a skull and sharpened limb bones in a set of remains found in Scotland may be ev...
These record-breaking black hole winds could creat...
Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting o...
Thruster breakthrough? New 2-in-1 propulsion syste...
A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters,...
Do galaxies have a 'kill switch' that makes them s...
Above a certain threshold, galaxies stop growing , no matter how much raw material they have on hand...
NASA reveals Artemis 3 astronaut crew
NASA named the astronauts who will launch on its Artemis 3 mission next year to test docking procedu...
Don't miss the moon and Saturn put on a spectacula...
Set your alarm for June 10 as Saturn shines beside a bright crescent moon in the predawn sky.
