Science
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.
Raisins and nuts dance in fizzy drinks and now we ...
Dropping raisins, nuts or other small objects in a fizzy liquid makes them dance up and down for hou...
How fast will October's annular solar eclipse trav...
The moon's shadow will travel as fast as 7,000 mph on Oct. 14 and as slow as 1,700 mph. We explore w...
NASA astronaut Jan Davis recounts career, father's...
NASA space shuttle astronaut Jan Davis first read her father's letters about being a WWII prisoner o...
Jet fuel made with captured CO2 and clean electric...
Several companies are beginning to scale up production of jet fuel made from captured carbon dioxide...
A giant moon collision may have given rise to Satu...
A collision between two ancient icy moons that may have once orbited Saturn could have given rise to...
Radio telescope will launch to moon's far side in ...
The Dark Ages are the period of time between the Big Bang and the birth of stars and galaxies.
SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is...
NASA's Psyche mission is set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket just seven days from now, o...
Distant galaxies are gobbling up an unexpected amo...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that the most distant galaxies are being...
Elusive Australian bat sometimes snacks on other b...
Australia’s greater broad-nosed bat was believed to mostly eat beetles and other insects, but hairs ...
1st black hole imaged by humanity is confirmed to ...
New research has found the jet blasting outward from this black hole swings like a pendulum on an 11...
Watch a 180-year-old star eruption unfold in new t...
Over two decades of data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helped scientists craft a stunning ne...
FAA closes investigation of Blue Origin launch fai...
The Federal Aviation Administration has finished investigating the failure suffered by Blue Origin's...
Japan's 'moon sniper' probe snaps photo of Earth f...
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has sent back an eerie image of Earth as a test of the camera it will use ...
Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic ne...
The next supercontinent, Pangea Ultima, is likely to get so hot so quickly that mammals cannot adapt...
Private astronaut to attempt record skydive on Sep...
Ax-1's Larry Connor and the rest of the 'Alpha 5' team will try to set a new HALO formation skydivin...
Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and i...
Analysis of tree rings shows that two faults near Seattle, Washington ruptured at the same time or s...
Ancient baskets and shoes reveal skill of prehisto...
Well-preserved artefacts found in a Spanish cave show that advanced plant-based crafts were practise...
Having books in your Zoom background makes you see...
People come across as being more trustworthy and competent on Zoom calls if they have plants or book...
Exoskeleton suit boosts your legs to help you run ...
Runners completed a 200-metre sprint nearly 1 second faster when wearing an exoskeleton suit compare...
'Dark universe' telescope Euclid faces some setbac...
The observatory's star navigation system and sun protective devices have presented with anomalies.
Thousands of animal and plant species in decline a...
Conservation organisations call for expansion of nature-friendly farming to stem the ongoing loss of...
