Astronomers have been able to get their closest, most detailed look yet at the first stages of a dying star
East Africa is famously the birthplace of humankind and the location where our ancient hominin ancestors first invented sophisticated stone
A year ago today, Tesla’s big battery in South Australia began dispatching power to the state’s grid, one day ahead
We know that even a grain of dust or tiny droplet can damage a tough metal surface if the particle
The Woolsey and Paradise wildfires brought widespread devastation to California in November, killing more than 90 people and torching 250,000
Jumping spiders are already among the most adorable members of the arachnid order, but we’re ready to give them the
If classic monster movies and old science experiments are to be believed, life begins with a spark. Not everybody is
We need to talk about the dark ages. No, not those dark ages after the fall of the western Roman
NASA’s next lunar science experiments will arrive at the Moon via a spacecraft built by one of nine private companies
Bill Gates sees nuclear energy as a potential solution to lowering carbon-dioxide emissions around the world, and he has spent
Have you ever stopped to wonder exactly how much light has been produced by all the stars in the Universe,
Scientists are at a loss to explain a strange seismic event that shook the planet on November 11 and was
Much like Egypt’s pharaohs, the emperors of China’s Western Han dynasty had a thing for being buried inside pyramids –
Atomic clocks, based on the minute oscillations of atoms, are the most precise timekeeping devices humans have created. Every year,
The outer layer of the Earth, the solid crust we walk on, is made up of broken pieces, much like
This week, a Holstein by the name of Knickers captured the heart of the Internet by standing horns and shoulders
In the land down under, sticking out in a crowd is rarely a good thing. Australians have a habit of
Could nature’s smallest organisms help us to combat rising CO2 levels and even oil spills? Strange as it might seem,
Why is ‘boobs’ or ‘wriggly’ more likely to get a laugh than, say, ‘taxes’? What makes some words funnier than
It happens all the time. You’re online, checking out products, maybe looking for a holiday, or researching home loans, when
Just as moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, and stars orbit galactic cores, galaxies can be orbited by other, much
A scene painted on a cave wall more than 15,000 thousand years ago appears to tell the simple story of
On the eve of the most important global climate meeting in years, a definitive United Nations report has found that
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has been going hard on the archaeological discoveries this year, but are we tired of
Most modern humans have a little bit of Neanderthal hiding somewhere in their genes. For years, it was assumed that
Spider silk is well known as one of the strongest natural materials in existence, but now scientists have a better
At the heart of our galaxy, the core around which everything in the Milky Way orbits, lies the supermassive black
Cruise liners are a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gases and pollution, but Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten says it’s on
Scientists have an imprecise understanding of the obscure phenomenon of mass whale strandings, when large numbers of the marine mammals
The unseen depths of the Great Australian Bight are absolutely teeming with life, a new study study has revealed. But
A six-month-long journey that could shape the future of humanity reached its nail-biting conclusion today. On May 5th, NASA launched
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said there’s a “70 per cent chance” he’ll personally travel to Mars. Musk, 47, told Axios’
The idea was once taboo, but desperate times may just call for desperate measures. If humans are able to spray millions
Six months after blasting off from Earth, NASA’s InSight lander is minutes away from touching down on the surface of
It didn’t look much like the dainty unicorns of myth and legend, but the extinct unicorn of Siberia is even
It’s the mother of all conspiracy theories: the unflinching belief that the 1969 Moon landing never actually happened. Proponents of
An uninvited guest has been caught hitching a ride on the International Space Station, and it’s a worrying one. JPL-NASA
The price of Bitcoin has dropped by 75 percent in the past year, so anyone who invested heavily at the
The federal government on Friday released a long-awaited report with an unmistakable message: The effects of climate change, including deadly
If you aren’t nervous for NASA’s InSight Mars probe, you probably should be. Getting a rocket ride to the red
The deepest dive recorded by the free-diving Bajau Laut people of Southeast Asia was to an impressive 79 metres (259
Keeping an eye on your water usage is a good way to save money and help the planet at the
A lot of what we think we know about psychology might be wrong. A major research initiative, the second of
Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep Earth than
Researchers have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide—the main cause of global warming—into plastics, fabrics, resins, and other products.
NASA has made a commitment to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. This is an ambitious goal when you
Back in the 1970s, NASA’s Mariner and Viking Missions were sent out to explore other planets in our Solar System.
Gathering detailed information on exoplanets is extremely difficult. The light from their host star overwhelms the light from the exoplanet,
