Science
Orca pod disappears after being trapped in driftin...
A group of more than a dozen orcas has disappeared after being trapped in freezing Japanese waters f...
Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time ar...
A new paper suggests we may finally be able to uncover the identity of dark matter using the same te...
Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global oc...
Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometres deep beneath the s...
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean...
Astronomers have made a shock discovery that Saturn's moon Mimas seems to have a liquid ocean beneat...
Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theor...
Physicists’ search for a theory that explains all reality in one framework appeared to have stalled....
Big, dead European satellite will crash back to Ea...
The European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 spacecraft will fall into Earth's atmosphere in a week or ...
Astronaut Hall of Fame to add shuttle vets David H...
Although they never flew in space together, astronauts David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins crossed paths ...
Humans on Mars could conduct far better science th...
NASA's moon-to-Mars strategy identifies science as one of three pillars upon which the agency's ques...
Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by...
A subspecies of the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard was found by a landmine clearance team, the fir...
What's the forecast for Neptune-like exoplanets: C...
Do the Milky Way's most common planets, mini-Neptunes, have atmospheres filled with opaque clouds or...
Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space
In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts' psychological well...
Best smart telescopes in 2024: Observe and image t...
The best smart telescopes have top-notch tech, user-friendly interfaces and provide stunning views o...
World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveil...
A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the longest ever used in an ...
Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control ...
Making a strange state of matter called a time crystal inside a quantum computer helped researchers ...
Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it sur...
A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastructure have led to some...
How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and...
Menstrual cycles change over time, but the menopause, and the time leading up to it, particularly al...
SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites to orbit f...
SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites at 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 GMT) on W...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its wor...
Budgetary issues have forced the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for robotic planetar...
Lunar astronauts could potentially make hummus wit...
A team of researchers has grown chickpeas in simulated moondust for the first time.
How scientists are using artificial intelligence t...
AI continues to prove successful as an important tool for fire weather forecasters, both with thunde...
SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for launch of IM-1 privat...
SpaceX is targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, which aims to become...
NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe heads back towa...
Thanks to a powerful engine burn on Feb. 3, NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy spacecraft is on its way ba...
India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter catalogs tons o...
Over the course of 3 years, Chandrayaan-2 observed thousands of mysterious, slow-building, ultra-hot...
This robot can figure out how to open almost any d...
A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrigerators – without hu...
Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare m...
When asteroid 2024 BX1 exploded over Earth it littered the planet with rare meteorites that are simi...
NASA's Juno probe snaps outstanding photos of Jupi...
During its second close rendezvous with Jupiter's volcanic moon, NASA's Juno spacecraft collected so...
Virgin Galactic mothership loses alignment pin dur...
Virgin Galactic informed the FAA that the mothership of its space plane VSS Unity lost a piece of ha...
NASA exoplanet telescope discovers 'super-Earth' i...
NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has spotted a 'super-Earth' in the habitable zone of its re...
The science and side effects behind the semaglutid...
From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on new weight loss inje...
Watch the sun spit out colossal plasma plume durin...
Watch the moment a huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during a powerful solar flare erupti...
The neuroscientist harnessing the placebo effect t...
How exactly the placebo effect works is still a mystery, but neuroscientist Luana Colloca is working...
Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense ligh...
An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms over the Indian Ocea...
Zoozve — the strange 'moon' of Venus that earned i...
The first quasi-moon ever discovered is now officially named Zoozve.
Best budget binoculars 2024: Cheap but high-qualit...
Here are our top picks of affordable yet good-quality budget binoculars.
