Near the Markha River in Arctic Siberia, the earth ripples in ways that scientists don’t fully understand. Earlier this week, NASA researchers
The coronavirus pandemic has had the world fixated on viruses like no time in living memory, but new evidence reveals
Scientists are using a radar-like weather system to watch as a storm of pathogens brew inside living tissue. The strategy
Beyond Earth, the general scientific consensus is that the best place to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life is Mars. However,
An ornate Roman chariot has been discovered “almost intact” near Italy’s buried city of Pompeii, the archaeological park announced on
If you’re in the right place at the right time, and you turn your eyes to the sky, you just
Having dominated the planet’s surface for hundreds of millions of years, dinosaur diversity came to a dramatic conclusion some 66
A giant iceberg, more than 20 times the size of Manhattan, just split off from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. This
Throughout the world and across various different cultures, it’s often assumed atheists are untrustworthy and lack the same guiding principles
Although its main mission is staring at the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will take any opportunity to send data
Like the Universe’s tiniest matryoshka dolls, atoms are typically modelled as particles within particles – a nuclei built of protons
In a stormy Hawaiian sky in July 2017, streaks of red and blue lightning seemed to meet above a bed
Pollen grains from flowering plants were meant to fly, sometimes travelling hundreds of kilometres on the wind. Now it appears
For the first time, physicists have captured an enigmatic state of matter on video. Using a scanning transmission X-ray microscope,
A team of US scientists has demonstrated that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, who grew from
In total, there are thousands of them – a giant landscape of strange, hollowed jars, carved from ancient stone. Some
A tiny, ancient bone fragment found in Southeast Alaska is a lot more than meets the eye. It belonged to
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) sea currents are vital in transporting heat from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere,
It should be simple. When temperatures on Earth get hotter, huge amounts of water ice trapped in giant glaciers begin
SpaceX is preparing to rocket its latest Starship prototype tens of thousands of feet into the air as early as
Artwork that had adorned the walls of an Egyptian prince’s tomb for more than four millennia has been found to
When NASA’s Perseverance rover made its daring descent to the red planet, you may have noticed that its parachute bore
By the end of the year, Hayley Arceneaux will be the youngest American in space and one of the first
Rock from Mars is a rare and precious resource here on Earth. So far, the only samples we have are
In Western Australia’s northeast Kimberley region, on Balanggarra Country, a two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo spans the sloping ceiling of
Sometimes, while waiting for quantum computers to become ubiquitous, or wondering whatever happened to flying cars, it’s easy to forget
People with extremist views aren’t only identified by their political, religious, or social beliefs, according to new research. Those ideological
Tiny, all-but-undetectable primordial black holes could be one of the mysterious sources of mass that contributes to dark matter. There
For the first time ever, you can watch a rover landing on Mars. And it’s epic on many levels. Human
Scientific progress towards a quantum computing future has so far involved lots of different breakthroughs in lots of different (but
A star completely torn apart when it ventured too close to a black hole has given science a rare gift.
We find ourselves at a precarious time in global health. Many people are anxiously awaiting their turn to receive a
Researchers have discovered organic molecules trapped in incredibly ancient rock formations in Australia, revealing what they say is the first
The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you’re looking at is
Vampire squid have been lurking in the dark corners of the ocean for 30 million years, a new analysis of
The amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface has been fluctuating for decades now, and a new study supports the idea
They contaminate the air we breathe, tea we sip, water we drink, and food we eat. They’re strewn across the
Launch yourself from a great enough height and it won’t take long to see which would win in a battle
A whitetail deer was found stumbling through the streets of Farragut, Tennessee, with thick hair growing out of both of
NASA just landed a new rover on Mars, the culmination of a 300-million-mile journey that sent the robot into an
Once, holograms were just a scientific curiosity. But thanks to the rapid development of lasers, they have gradually moved centre
An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana killed eleven workers on 20 April 2010. The world then watched
When answering a question, your silence might say more than your words. A new psychology study has found pausing before
Dogs might not be able to recognise themselves in a mirror, but that doesn’t mean our pets don’t have some
Most of us living on planet Earth have to make it through some amount of cold weather for at least
Material accelerating away from the site of a stellar explosion has been discovered in a star-forming cloud. It’s only the
Creating a quantum computer requires an ability to stroke the edges of reality with the quietest of touches. Too much
Scientists have identified a new phenomenon they describe as “interactive dreaming”, where people experiencing deep sleep and lucid dreams are able
