We’ve known for a while that complex chemistry occurs in space. Organic molecules have been detected in cold molecular clouds,
A species of wolf in Ethiopia has been filmed unexpectedly licking flowers, suggesting the carnivores could perform the role of
Canned salmon are the unlikely heroes of an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum, with decades of Alaskan marine ecology preserved
Thanks to gravity, at least we’re aware dark matter exists. We also know it’s eerily abundant, accounting for about 85
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic,
A bird’s-eye-view of South America’s Yucatán Peninsula has revealed a massive 4,000-year-old fishery in Belize’s largest inland wetland. The long,
When humans go to war, things can get a little sneaky. Clandestine bolt-holes and covert bases of operations are the
Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was
When they’re wearing salmon hats and terrorizing yachts, it’s easy, perhaps, to forget that orcas are the most fearsome large
There’s a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It’s
Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest
A deposit of high-quality gold ore containing around 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious metal has been
Do you prefer Black Friday or Cyber Monday? The January sales or Amazon’s Prime Day? Or perhaps you like to
Ancient footprints reveal that a thriving landscape 1.5 million years ago in what is now Kenya was able to accommodate
In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered
There’s a new contender for your holiday fireplace video. This one comes from NASA, and features rocket engines and boosters
When the latest cargo ‘shipment’ docked at the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend, it delivered more than astronauts had
Microplastics and persistant materials known as ‘forever chemicals‘ are two of our most concerning modern pollution problems. Now new research
It’s no secret: when we savour a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we’re not just consuming
A 2,200-year-old ceramic drinking vessel has confirmed what archaeologists have long suspected: some ancient Egyptians were tripping on hallucinogens. For
Calculations intended to feel out the interactions between light and the material that produces it may inadvertently describe the photon’s
Majestic. Thunderous. Powerful. Their mighty tread and sonorous cries once reverberated across our planet. And the rise of the dinosaurs
A supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US has just pulled off the largest astrophysical simulation of the
Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we’re inside it,
NGC 4594 is an unusual galaxy. It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain, and is striking because of a
Earth and Mars are the only two rocky planets in the Solar System to have moons. Based on lunar rock
There was water on Mars as early as 4.45 billion years ago, just a short time after the planet formed
A sonar image suspected of showing the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared
From within a glowing web expanding outward from an epic explosion, a dead star is flashing pulses of radio light
The fabric of space and time is not exempt from the effects of gravity. Plop in a mass and space-time
The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth’s atmosphere carry energies so high they can only
Astronomers have just found one of the youngest planets ever. At only 3 million years old, planet TIDYE-1b (also known
In the waters around Antarctica, decades ago, humans heard a strange sound: a repeating noise that sounded like the quacking
Nature comes in a variety of striking colors, but all that beauty didn’t evolve for our enjoyment. Conspicuous colors tend
Last month, NASA briefly lost Voyager 1 in the expanse of interstellar space, and when the craft reappeared it was
There’s value in hitting your deadlines, a new study shows: work submitted late is often thought to be of lower
A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover
For the first time, physicists have transformed a quantum processor into a state of matter that seems to defy physics,
Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting
While humans have been making their mark on the surfaces of this Earth for at least tens of thousands of
Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all. A thorough investigation published in
Uranus is an oddball among the Solar System’s planets. While most planets’ axis of rotation is perpendicular to their orbital
Sugar addiction is on the rise. Globally, sugar intake has quadrupled over the last 60 years, and it now makes
Earlier this year, a caver was poring over satellite images of the Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected:
Ovulation is a crucial moment in the continuous thread of life, and yet we still know very little about it.
She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy
Evidence is growing that Mars was once sloshy and wet, draped with lakes and oceans, which lapped at shorelines and
74 million kilometres is a huge distance from which to observe something. But 74 million km isn’t such a big
