Science
'Space headaches' are a literal pain for astronaut...
Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even for astronauts that don't experience the...
NASA's mission to Europa isn't meant to find alien...
Later this year, NASA is launching its Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter. Its mis...
Medieval horses buried in London had far-flung ori...
Isotopic analysis of horse teeth from a medieval burial site suggest that the animals were imported ...
The Europa Clipper may only need 1 ice grain to de...
A single icy moon grain could host tiny microbes or cellular remnants of life. If so, NASA's Europa ...
Save nearly $50 on these highly-rated astronomy bi...
Start stargazing for less — Celestron Skymaster large astronomy binoculars are perfect for skywatchi...
Russian rocket launch of 3 astronauts to ISS targe...
A Russian Soyuz rocket is now scheduled to launch three astronauts toward the ISS on Saturday (March...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to tie reuse record with 19...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch for a record-tying 19th time tonight (March 22), sending 23 Sta...
'Quantum tornado' allows scientists to mimic a bla...
Scientists created a giant vortex made of tiny quantum parts in a helium superfluid just a few degre...
'Shiva and Shakti': The ancient star streams that ...
The Gaia space telescope has discovered two ancient stellar streams woven through the heart of the M...
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight test for N...
Boeing Starliner is ready to carry its first astronaut crew to the International Space Station. Two ...
NASA's latest 'Curious Universe' podcast showcases...
A preview of NASA's new "Curious Universe" podcast episode, "The Sun, Our Star."
Dogs really do understand that words stand for obj...
Pet dogs have different patterns of brain activity when they are shown an object that doesn’t match ...
NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope oper...
NASA has shut down its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but don't panic; this is only a temporary pau...
See the 1st teaser for August sci-fi scarefest 'Al...
A sneak peek at director Fede Álvarez's "Alien: Romulus" has just dropped. The film will be released...
Amazing photos of 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks f...
Take a look at some of the best 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks photos from around the world.
'All eyes to the sky': National Geographic to chro...
National Geographic and ABC will offer live coverage of the total solar eclipse on April 8 from eigh...
Largest recorded solar storm was even bigger than ...
Rediscovered magnetic recordings reveal just how extreme the largest recorded solar storm in history...
A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life o...
Impact craters in Europa's icy crust have been used to measure the thickness of the world's shell, l...
Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own ...
Feasting on family members may be an unorthodox way for ant queens to keep their fledgling colonies ...
Hubble Space Telescope discovers 'failed stars' ar...
Using the Hubble astronomers found that "failed star" brown dwarfs struggle to maintain relationship...
Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flo...
Together, a dark-hued male crab spider and a larger, paler female resemble a flower, in what researc...
Why giving AI a robot body could make its ‘brain’ ...
At its AI conference, Nvidia announced new software and hardware for AI-powered humanoid robots: a m...
Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side...
There's a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the far side of the moon in or...
Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like s...
A large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was t...
SpaceX’s Starship created a volcano-like explosion...
The Starship rocket destroyed its launch pad during its first launch attempt in 2023, and the explos...
Organic farms seem to trigger more pesticide use o...
Insects tend to be more abundant on organic farms than conventional ones, which may cause the pests ...
Historical incidents of viewing total eclipses nea...
As we prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, we take a look at some famous incidents of ...
Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the ...
A genetically modified pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human – and the r...
Sulphur dioxide from Iceland volcano eruption has ...
A huge plume of sulphur dioxide from the latest eruption in Iceland is drifting across Europe, but i...
James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the stun...
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as ...
Life after Ingenuity: How scientists hope to reach...
The concept for a flying, wing-heavy drone called MAGGIE could one day show us an entirely new persp...
Teen sweat has distinct chemical make-up with note...
Teenagers and babies produce different chemicals in their sweat, which may be why infants are genera...
Food costs more because of climate change - and it...
Rising temperatures are predicted to drive up food inflation by between 0.9 and 3.2 per cent a year ...
Why 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand became...
After losing an eye at the age of 5, the 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand found comfort in ma...
NASA's DART mission hammered its target asteroid i...
When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in September of 2022, the impa...
