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Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license...
Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown co...
Can you name all the planets in order in the solar...
Our quiz will test your smarts of which planets go where in our solar system.
Working past the age of retirement may improve you...
Having a full-time job in later life has been linked to improved emotional, financial and general li...
Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof...
"This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the grou...
James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' gal...
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a ...
Psychedelic drug ibogaine may treat PTSD by slowin...
In people with traumatic brain injury, administering the psychedelic drug ibogaine seems to slow dow...
Lost researcher's remains found on Antarctic glaci...
Bone fragments found on King George Island have been identified as Dennis "Tink" Bell, a British met...
'He's totally misread that book' — 'Alien: Earth' ...
Before the Xenomorph crash-lands on streaming, we talked to five Alien: Earth cast members about the...
A new measure of health is revolutionising how we ...
Life expectancy has increased dramatically over the past century, but our years of good health appea...
Extreme heat is driving dramatic declines in tropi...
The numbers of many tropical birds are plummeting, and now it has been shown that heat extremes inte...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope gets its 'extremely s...
Scientists are making milestones on NASA's Roman Space Telescope as Trump continues to threaten the ...
Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on...
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has been imaging the dynamic Acheron Fossae region of Mars for more th...
Mathematicians have worked out the optimal strateg...
The quickest way to win the board game Guess Who? involves asking sneaky questions that involve a lo...
Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in...
A distant galaxy nicknamed "Cosmic Grapes" is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more t...
Don't miss Perseid meteor shower 2025 peak Aug. 12...
The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year as Earth travels through the debris shed by comet 10...
ISS astronaut captures breathtaking star trails | ...
This long-exposure image from the International Space Station shows the growing tension between cele...
Is astronomy safe from organized scientific fraud?...
As space becomes more important to the economy of nations around the world, the risk of paper mills ...
Smithsonian Planetarium star projector review
This chunky star projector is a good choice for kids thanks to its low price and easy-to-use functio...
Are these names of real spacecraft or fictional on...
Both science fiction and real life have some interesting spacecraft names, sometimes borrowing from ...
Light pollution is encroaching on observatories ar...
The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making i...
'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's cente...
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplic...
August full moon 2025 captivates skywatchers world...
The 2025 full 'Sturgeon Moon' graced the night sky on Aug. 9.
See Saturn and the moon in a stunning close encoun...
Spot Saturn near the moon on Aug. 11! See them with the naked eye and learn what to expect through a...
New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive orde...
A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technolo...
How the Red Planet craze started 120 years ago: In...
In a Q&A interview, author and science writer David Baron discusses the turn-of-the-century Mars...
'Olympus' the 4-legged robot could help astronauts...
A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall, demonstrating ho...
Watch SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth ...
SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Sp...
Astronaut arrives at ISS, longs to be on the moon ...
The four members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are Earth-bound after bidding farewell to their Expedit...
Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satell...
For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plume...
Oddly viscous stars could be impersonating black h...
Calculations suggest stars that are very viscous could reflect gravitational waves and produce signa...
Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being suc...
Astronomers spot a rare stellar bridge in Abell 3667, revealing an aggressive galaxy merger and new ...
Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked o...
This quiz tests your knowledge of the astronauts who have stepped foot on the moon.
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mis...
NASA astronaut Jim Lovell — a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 8 and the near-disastro...
A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the neares...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible gas giant the size of Saturn in the stellar s...
'A Quiet Place Part III' is confirmed for 2027 wit...
Paramount’s hit sci-fi horror franchise returns in 2027 with more ultrasonic alien invaders.
Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee fl...
The deformed wing and sacbrood viruses were thought to cause asymptomatic infections in adult bees. ...
Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site imag...
The techniques used to target the asteroids could also be employed in tracking hazardous asteroids a...
Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 y...
Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than ...
Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the uni...
A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants ...
How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the perio...
In an unprecedentedly precise accelerator experiment, researchers directly observed how some of the ...
What would Mars look like under an Earth-like blue...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a breathtaking panorama of the Red Planet surface depicted i...
'Alien: Earth' creators Noah Hawley and David W. Z...
Ahead of Alien: Earth's two-episode premiere, we talked to series creator Noah Hawley and executive ...
Europe could face weeks of 40°C heat in current wo...
A perfect storm of conditions priming the atmosphere for extreme heat could result in devastating dr...
Will the bright moon ruin the Perseid meteor showe...
While moonlight might steal the spotlight, it won't steal the Perseids' show.
Astronomers gather more clues about interstellar c...
The latest observations of 3I/ATLAS suggest it resembles comets from the outer reaches of our solar ...
Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the...
New Hubble Telescope imagery of the interstellar interloper comet 3I/ATLAS reveals a dusty coma and ...
Discovery Space Projector review
It’s a disappointing star projector, but the Discovery Space Projector has some nice scientific imag...
LaView Galaxy Star Projector review
The LaView Galaxy Star Projector posits itself as a premium option, but doesn’t quite live up to the...
A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undisco...
Scientists have spotted a mysterious mineral on Mars that may be new to science — and could help rev...
European weather satellite readied for launch on A...
The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission fo...
