Science
SpaceX aims to let astronauts avoid a radio blacko...
When spacecraft re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, friction heats them up and creates a plasma sheath that...
Nuclear fusion lab sets record for most energy cre...
Scientists with the JET facility have broken a record for the most amount of raw energy created via ...
US Space Force wants satellite 'jetpacks' to keep ...
The U.S. Space Force is looking for new ways to extend the lives of satellites that run out of fuel,...
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn orbital mission dela...
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to pull off the first-ever private spacewalk, will now lau...
February's 'super' new moon leaves the night sky n...
February's new moon coincides with lunar perigee, during which time the moon will reach its closest ...
Old milk can be used to extract gold and other met...
To extract valuable metals from discarded computer motherboards, researchers have developed a gold-a...
Minecraft could be the key to creating adaptable A...
Researchers have a new way to assess an AI model’s intelligence: drop it into a game of Minecraft, w...
20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record...
For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last...
Einstein may be wrong about how mirrors travelling...
In 1905, Einstein discovered a paradox in the predicted behaviour of mirrors travelling at impossibl...
5 amazing things discovered by the eROSITA X-ray t...
The eROSITA X-ray telescope’s survey of the night sky has revealed extreme and violent processes in ...
Relive SpaceX Starship's epic 2nd test flight in n...
Newly released NASA footage shows the second test flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket in dramat...
Donated Renaissance-era astronomy book surprises u...
Two astronomy books from the Renaissance have found their way to a new home, where students will try...
Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? Th...
Observations of bright galaxies in the early universe could indicate that black holes were driving s...
'It takes courage to make the right decision:' Art...
Jeremy Hansen has been waiting 15 years for space, and that will continue for a bit longer. The Cana...
Giant magma flow in Iceland was the fastest ever r...
As a 15-kilometre crack formed ahead of the recent eruptions, magma flowed into it at the highest ra...
Air pollution is changing the scent of flowers and...
Insects may be finding it harder to locate flowers because the scent molecules released by the flowe...
Huge deposit of natural hydrogen gas detected deep...
Companies are searching all over the world for deposits of geologic hydrogen that could be used as c...
NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions o...
NASA's Juno spacecraft has seen Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never before, catching active erupti...
How the Large Hadron Collider's successor will hun...
CERN has revealed further plans for the Future Circular Collider, which will dwarf the Large Hadron ...
Does Viagra ward off Alzheimer's disease? It's too...
A new study has found an intriguing link between erectile dysfunction drugs and lower Alzheimer's ri...
This colossal 'Martian sunspot' is so big it was s...
An enormous sunspot that was seen from the surface of Mars last week has now turned to face Earth, b...
Watch terrifying aliens invade Earth in new traile...
A new trailer has arrived from interstellar space for Paramount's "A Quiet Place" prequel, "A Quiet ...
Spiral scratches on contact lenses can turn them i...
Inscribing a spiral in the centre of a contact lens seems to create optical vortices that interact s...
Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought...
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapid...
Enormous underwater mountains discovered off west ...
An ocean research vessel has just discovered four underwater mountains, the tallest almost 3 kilomet...
Departing Ax-3 crew leaves behind peanut butter as...
SpaceX astronauts with Axiom Space decided to leave behind a special snack for the International Spa...
China's Chang'e-5 moon samples contain 'perplexing...
China's Chang'e-5 moon samples are giving scientists new insights into the history of our moon.
Tiny, unseen moon could be holding bizarre space r...
A little moonlet, too small to be seen from Earth, could be playing cosmic sheepdog by shaping the t...
UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new record for ener...
In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET fusion reactor smas...
UK nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record fo...
In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET reactor set a world...
Watch private Ax-3 astronauts return to Earth in S...
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission is scheduled...
Exercise programme helps people with long covid, b...
An eight-week virtual exercise programme improved the quality of life of people with long covid, but...
SpaceX launches NASA's PACE satellite to study Ear...
NASA's PACE ocean-monitoring satellite, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four times, l...
Cyborg locusts with brain nanoparticles could act ...
Researchers wanting to make use of locusts’ keen sense of smell to sniff out certain chemicals have ...
Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7...
The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels for the month, ...
1st look: Mace Windu protects a galactic secret in...
Marvel Comics' new "Star Wars" comic book miniseries, "Mace Windu #1" is out today, Feb. 7. Here's a...
