Science
Strange, spiny beetle discovered in Japan
A new-to-science species of beetle is marked by a distinct yellow band on its shoulders, long hair-l...
Virgin Galactic will launch its 1st commercial spa...
Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first commercial spaceflight on June 27, with the second followi...
'Weird' game of cosmic tug-of-war in the Tarantula...
Astronomers have observed the Tarantula Nebula at the heart of the Large Magellanic Cloud, finding t...
The moon and Mercury meet in the bright red 'eye o...
The moon and Mercury will come close to the red supergiant star Aldebaran, the brightest star of Tau...
Geminid meteor shower spawned by violent asteroid ...
The Geminid meteor shower, which happens every December, comes from a space rock with a comet-like t...
Reef sharks are being wiped out by overfishing so ...
A global survey reveals that common species of coral reef shark are in sharp decline, and rays are m...
Ancient plant's leaves didn't follow golden rule a...
Most modern plants grow leaves in a pattern that follows the Fibonacci sequence, but a reconstructio...
Chemists have solved a decades-long problem of bon...
Atoms of a metal don't like to bond with one another, but chemists have succeeded in forging a metal...
Astronauts unfurl final (for now) roll-out solar a...
NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen deployed the sixth and last (for now) upgraded solar ...
Light pollution poses serious threat to astronomy,...
Astronomers are once again ringing alarm bells about rising light pollution destroying pristine nigh...
What are 'synthetic embryos' and why are scientist...
The first human embryo-like structures have been created from stem cells, in a move that could help ...
Final launch of Europe's powerful Ariane 5 rocket ...
The final liftoff of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket, targeted for Friday (June 15), has been delayed due t...
Plan to restore England's chalk streams may take d...
Chalk streams, a type of nutrient-rich river found mostly in England, are under threat from pollutio...
Cosmic rays help navigate underground in first rea...
Particles produced by cosmic rays hitting Earth's atmosphere, called muons, have been proposed as an...
Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts ...
Transferring a mother's vaginal fluid to a baby born by Caesarean section was linked to their develo...
Astronaut Chris Hadfield wants to protect the moon...
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield plans to release a new space sustainability plan formulated with K...
How to see five planets align in the sky this week...
In the early morning on 17 June you will be able to see Mercury, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn...
Out of this world accommodation: What sci-fi gets ...
Science fiction cinema has offered up countless attempts to foretell human existence beyond the star...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 premiere ...
What will Season 2 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" bring? The possibility of hijinks, hijacks, me...
Private space station: How Axiom Space plans to bu...
Axiom Space is using the results of science experiments conducted on its private missions aboard the...
The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quara...
On its face, the Apollo 11 quarantine protocol looked sensible. But the new research suggests that N...
Best Love, Death + Robots episodes
Netflix’s science fiction anthology certainly features Love, Death + Robots, but which episodes from...
Rocket Lab is set to launch a mystery mission from...
Rocket Lab is gearing up to launch a mission from Virginia in the next few days, but you apparently ...
This 'postcard' of a Mars day from NASA's Curiosit...
A striking new postcard from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the Marker Band Valley region of Mars in t...
'Starfield' offers players a massive space odyssey...
Bethesda Game Studios has revealed new "Starfield" gameplay footage and details on limited editions ...
Watch 2 NASA astronauts spacewalk outside space st...
Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Ju...
Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized...
Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains...
Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients fo...
For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — ...
'Smart drugs' don't make people better at a proble...
Some students take medicines like methylphenidate, often sold under the brand name Ritalin, to boost...
Endometriosis may be caused by bacterial infection...
Bacteria that contribute to gum disease may be a cause of the gynaecological condition endometriosis...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals how galaxies ma...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have determined that stars in early galaxies transf...
Strange radio emissions from a feeding star puzzle...
Astronomers studying the fastest and most dramatic nova ever recorded continue to find more puzzles ...
Shell can't say it backs net zero while still bett...
Like its rival BP, Shell claims it is committed to reaching net zero by 2050 despite planning to inc...
Pentagon gearing up to launch 1st experimental nav...
Later this year, the Pentagon aims to launch Navigation Technology Satellite-3, which could help mak...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 warps ont...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' returns with ten new episodes of exciting and nostalgic Trek followi...
Friendless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets may not be so ...
Jupiter-like exoplanets that are blisteringly close to their parent stars were long thought to be al...
