Science
Quantum state of matter made with 'dipolar' molecu...
A quantum state of matter comprising molecules with opposite charges at each end has been made for t...
12 times scientists penetrated the secrets of aste...
The OSIRIS-REx sampling mission, a planetary defense prototype named DART and a spacecraft's ambitio...
Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing superc...
A battery-like device known as a supercapacitor can be created from different parts of aloe vera pla...
A guide to the solar system's planets in 2024
This guide to the planets in our solar system will show you what to look out for in the sky in 2024....
2024 could finally see greenhouse gas emissions st...
If governments step up support for renewable energy and other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emiss...
CRISPR engineered viruses could render other virus...
A virus engineered using CRISPR technology spread its DNA to other viruses in mice, causing them to ...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches mysterious X-3...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane to orbit tonight (Dec...
Japan's H3 rocket will launch a 2nd time in Februa...
Japan's space agency says its H3 rocket will attempt to fly again as soon as Feb. 14, 2024. That's n...
Unexpected cosmic clumping could disprove our best...
The new study of galaxies, centered around a value for cosmic lumpiness known as S8, could join the ...
NASA astronauts test SpaceX Starship elevator for ...
NASA astronauts practiced using a SpaceX Starship elevator to send cargo and other items into the sp...
SpaceX is launching Starlink satellites today and ...
SpaceX will launch 23 new Starlink satellites when its Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canavera...
People’s ‘speed of sight’ varies and this may expl...
There is significant variation in people’s ability to visually track fast-moving objects, which migh...
The best places in the US to experience totality d...
A total solar eclipse is coming to the U.S. on April 8, 2024. We've rounded up some of the best plac...
10 exhilarating spaceflight missions to watch in 2...
From long-awaited rocket launches and lunar landers to crewed flights around the moon, here are a fe...
10 dramatic discoveries about Earth from 2023
2023 was another eventful year for our planet, delivering broken climate records, unprecedented weat...
Radio bursts from space are exhibiting a strange ‘...
Astronomers have spotted a set of 35 mysterious flashes of radio waves from space that seem to show ...
Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds...
11 of the biggest stories about the smallest particles from 2023.
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power...
Most metals oxidise, or rust, when exposed to air, which normally weakens them, but a kind of metall...
Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercom...
Europe will get its first exascale supercomputer next year, called JUPITER, and it should allow simu...
Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in ...
The Martian Moons eXploration mission is slated to launch for Phobos in September 2024 – once it get...
Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s j...
Like a tuning fork, living human cells have frequencies at which they naturally vibrate – and now we...
Japan's SLIM lander beams moon images home before ...
Arriving in orbit on Christmas Day, Japan's lunar lander SLIM has beamed images of the lunar surface...
Private Peregrine moon lander is stacked on ULA Vu...
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander was stacked on the rocket that will launch it to space, with fin...
After 2 years in space, the James Webb Space Teles...
For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity, which threatens to...
History-making SpaceX Falcon 9 booster mostly dest...
The first commercial rocket to launch astronauts has met its end after being destroyed during its la...
See December's Full Cold Moon shine in the sky lik...
The final full moon of 2023, the Cold Moon, rose on Dec. 26. Skywatchers around the globe were prime...
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more...
Younger people move their arms more quickly than their older counterparts when they slip, helping th...
Iron oxide baked into Mesopotamian bricks confirms...
About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into cl...
Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to ...
There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can st...
The mathematically perfect table size for solving ...
When choosing the perfectly sized table to do your jigsaw puzzle on, work out the area of the comple...
NASA outlines plan to deploy burrowing 'cryobots' ...
The subsurface oceans of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter remain our best bet for finding life el...
Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from ...
A global agreement at the COP28 climate summit promised to begin "transitioning away" from fossil fu...
12 space medicine findings from 2023 that could he...
Space medicine is a continuously growing field — and for good reason, if humans want to settle Mars ...
