Science
See green comet Nishimura's tail get whipped away ...
After surviving its closest approach to the sun, Comet Nishimura was buffeted by a possible coronal ...
The brightest planets in October's night sky: How ...
The only planet that continues 'out of the loop' in October is Mars, which will remain out of sight,...
Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually ...
Particles that are too small to be assembled into materials with conventional methods can be bound t...
Time-lapse video shows a supernova's aftermath bal...
Two decades of Hubble Space Telescope data reveal the stunning threads of a dead star's leftovers.
These photos of Stoke Space's 'Hopper' reusuable r...
New photos from Stoke Space show the successful test flight, Hopper2, bringing the company one step ...
Mysteries of the endocannabinoid system and how we...
The cell signalling network in our bodies that helps cannabis get us high is also vital to many othe...
Unlocking the mysteries of the body's system that ...
The endocannabinoid system that helps cannabis get us high is also vital to many other aspects of ou...
Light from the cosmic web connecting galaxies has ...
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the faint glow of the diffuse cosmic web that s...
We’ve just realised that a tiny West African croco...
Audio recordings reveal that the African dwarf crocodile moos like a cow – and listening out for its...
How methane studies on Earth could inform the sear...
A new class of proteins found in methane deposits on Earth's seafloor could help inform the search f...
'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb Space Telesc...
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a perfectly formed Einstein ring, whi...
These are the next comets that will be visible in ...
Three comets named Hartley, Encke and Tsuchinshan will pass by the sun in the next few months and be...
Waste plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel a...
Using waste plastic to produce a combination of hydrogen and graphene could make it profitable and g...
SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit f...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launch from Florida's Space Coast this evening (Sept. 29), car...
Students search desert for lost rocket after attem...
KSP’s chairman Shapol M says he is nervous but confident ahead of the launch. "The rocket is going t...
8 tips to safely watch the annular solar eclipse o...
From eye safety to backcountry travel, here's how to stay out of harm's way when eclipse-chasing and...
Male butterflies plug attractive females’ genitals...
Some male butterflies insert a stopper into their mate’s reproductive tract – and they use bigger, m...
NASA delays launch of Psyche asteroid mission by 1...
The launch of NASA's Psyche mission has been delayed by a week to Oct. 12, so the team can deal with...
Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian ...
This intriguing extract is taken from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks, the latest pick for our N...
Japan's ispace nabs $55 million NASA moon landing ...
Tokyo-based ispace has opened a U.S. headquarters in order to help the company develop and launch ro...
Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd crea...
The award-winning novelist Sebastian Faulks on how he came to set his new novel The Seventh Son – th...
Super-heatproof computer memory survives temperatu...
A kind of computer memory made from the semiconductor scandium aluminium nitride withstands extreme ...
China adds yet another Yaogan spy satellite to its...
On Wednesday (Sept. 27), China launched a fourth satellite in the Yaogan 33 group, which are believe...
Right before exploding, this star puffed out a sun...
A supernova that recently exploded in the Pinwheel Galaxy has revealed hitherto unknown information ...
Alan Turing mathematically predicted the colour of...
Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, once put his mind to the subject of predicting c...
Watch Chinese astronauts light a match on Tiangong...
China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts conducted an eye-raising experiment in space involving naked flames a...
NASA to address concerns about Mars Sample Return ...
NASA is forming a response team after an independent review board examined the agency’s ongoing plan...
Iran launches 3rd military satellite to orbit
Iran sent its 3rd military satellite to orbit on Wednesday (Sept. 27), lofting the Noor 3 spacecraft...
US telehealth start-ups are booming – they may put...
A slew of telehealth startups in the US market themselves as convenient ways to access healthcare, b...
Commercial spaceflight research needs a code of et...
As commercial space flights increase, experts urge clear ethical guidelines on research involving pa...
Japan and India plan 2025 moon mission to hunt for...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Is making progress on its rover for a joint mission wi...
We finally know what makes orange carrots orange
Three genes are turned off to make carrots produce high levels of alpha and beta-carotene, which mak...
Astronomers discover thousands of active red galax...
The radio signals hint at an important evolutionary step in the lives of galaxies.
