Science
Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite ...
ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer i...
Tiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to exist...
Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our sola...
A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the pecu...
Caroline Herschel was England's first female profe...
Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy...
Pumps that beat like the heart could increase ener...
Emulating the pulsating action of the human heart could increase the efficiency of everything from o...
New type of brain cell discovered that acts like h...
A type of brain cell that behaves like a hybrid of neurons and glia has been spotted, and it could e...
Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clue...
The magnetic field is a thousand times weaker than Earth’s, but is spread out across 16,000 light ye...
Earth has just seen its hottest three-month spell ...
The global average temperature for June, July and August was 16.77°C (62.19°F), beating the previous...
'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 4 review: Fateful encoun...
The fourth episode of Ahsoka is an excellent midpoint chapter packed with gorgeous duels and leads i...
Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite...
An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upp...
A brief history of the standard model, our theory ...
Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and expe...
Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will inc...
There's a lot of trash on the moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste. But whose r...
A million years of marijuana: How cannabis became ...
Cannabis was one of the first crops that humans cultivated about 12,000 years ago. But medicinal and...
See the half-lit last quarter moon ride the Bull t...
The half-illuminated moon will have a close encounter with the Bull on Wednesday (Sept. 6) when the ...
SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 2nd t...
SpaceX has stacked its giant Starship vehicle on the launch pad in South Texas, a major milestone ah...
Sleeping on the ISS isn't easy. This lamp for astr...
To assist astronauts with their sleep schedules, scientists developed a lamp synchronized to their c...
Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when t...
Northern gannets show a consistent preference for one side or the other when diving to catch fish, w...
Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made i...
Stone balls found at a site used by early humans about 1.4 million years ago didn’t become round aft...
Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for c...
Compared with monkeys, great apes have greater range of motion in their shoulders and elbows, which ...
GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest – but is still n...
Several AI chatbots were tested to see how well they could perform legal reasoning and tasks used by...
Australia launching moon rover on NASA Artemis mis...
Australia will launch its first moon rover as early as 2026, on one of NASA's Artemis missions. And ...
'Twisty' new theory of gravity says information ca...
Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give...
Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbl...
Removing some of the thick jelly layers surrounding spotted salamander eggs may help the embryos ins...
Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed...
Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplica...
Weird ways that animals experience the world diffe...
Many animals sense their surroundings in ways that are hard to imagine. Christie Taylor spoke to jou...
Star blows giant exoplanet's atmosphere away, leav...
A hot Jupiter exoplanet is blowing its top like a cartoon character throwing a tantrum, creating a t...
Is 'Starfield' a far-flung fantasy or a glimpse of...
What to expect from Bethesda Game Studio's new space settlement adventure Starfield and its take on ...
Supermassive black hole accretion disk seen 'on th...
Astronomers have imaged the outskirts of an accretion disk gradually feeding a supermassive black ho...
Sex between space tourists will happen eventually....
Considering that space travel is no longer reserved for professional astronauts, the various motivat...
Tiny satellites use AI to sniff for methane leaks ...
This startup wants to take methane leak detection from space to the next level with the help of AI.
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander spotted from lun...
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped a photo of India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander, the fi...
Weirdly wobbly jets may be evidence of elusive sup...
The 'wobble' of jets blasting out from active galaxies, or blazars, is 'smoking gun' evidence for su...
'Star Trek: Picard's Academy' comic shows how a yo...
"Star Trek: Picard's Academy #1" releases from IDW Publishing on Sept. 13, 2023, offering Trek fans ...
Perseverance Mars rover spots 'shark fin' and 'cra...
NASA's Perseverance Rover has imaged two peculiar rocks on Mars — one is shaped like a shark fin and...
4.6 billion-year-old meteorite could reveal how Ea...
One of the oldest meteorites ever discovered, the 4.6 billion-year-old Erg Chech 002 discovered in t...
The ultimate guide to hydration and what you reall...
Plain water, coffee or milk? Sports or energy drinks? Our ideas about what we ought to be drinking, ...
Terracotta Army shoes reveal secrets of ancient Ch...
An analysis of the sculpted shoes on the statues in China’s Terracotta Army, which dates back about ...
Photographer captures rare 'gigantic jets' of upsi...
Gigantic jets, which are 50 times more powerful than typical lightning bolts and can reach the edge ...
