Science
Your cosmic catch: A home guide to identifying and...
Our how-to for observing a meteorite through a microscope.
The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy |...
A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant...
'War Machine' succeeds where 'Transformers' fails,...
Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because War Machine is proving how to do human vs inte...
Parkinson's disease may reduce enjoyment of pleasa...
The "world smells different" for people with Parkinson's disease, a discovery that could help doctor...
NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals aste...
New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow...
NASA Artemis 2 gifts we love: Top picks for aspiri...
Ready to launch your support? Check out this stellar collection of space-flight merch I've personall...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with meth...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how...
Orcas may be to blame for some mass dolphin strand...
Two mass strandings involving hundreds of dolphins in Argentina probably happened because the pods w...
Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the pla...
Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons...
'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick...
'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.'
I was accused of killing over 100 million rabbits ...
New Scientist reporter James Woodford recalls his run-in with rabbits I was working a Sunday shift w...
'Easter comet' could be visible in daytime skies t...
A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives...
Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal...
Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be re...
Startup is building the first data centre to use h...
Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology i...
How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the cou...
Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovere...
NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moo...
NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans ...
A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the ...
The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes caught a stunning portrait of a dying star at the heart of th...
Mystery 'whippet' space explosion is the brightest...
A rapidly brightening burst of light called AT 2024wpp, or "the Whippet", is baffling astronomers. O...
Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Ma...
Ryan Gosling stars in the latest adaptation of an Andy Weir novel, another tale of a lone genius bat...
'The future of the space economy': Colorado startu...
The Colorado company Lux Aeterna wants to help open up the space economy with a fleet of fully reusa...
What is a galaxy? That's a surprisingly difficult ...
Figuring out what really counts as a galaxy could give us insights into dark matter and potentially ...
Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in it...
The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surp...
SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its ...
SpaceX is gearing up for the 12th test launch of its Starship rocket, which could liftoff in about 4...
Human populations evolved in similar ways after we...
An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peopl...
NASA's asteroid-smashing spacecraft managed to alt...
The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so l...
SpaceX launches 15,000-pound TV satellite to orbit...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the 15,000-pound EchoStar XXV TV satellite to orbit from Florida's...
Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite will crash to...
NASA's Van Allen Probe A will crash to Earth on Tuesday (March 10) after nearly 14 years in orbit, a...
Jupiter appears to change direction in the evening...
The change is subtle and happens over many nights.
Why is black rain falling on Iran and how dangerou...
US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities have caused black rain to fall on Tehran, but the black smoke f...
We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really...
Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about ...
The 1st trailer for HBO's 'Lanterns' drops with no...
'Don't get too hung up on the jewelry, junior, you're just a f***ing substitute teacher.'
China's 1st moon astronauts could land in Rimae Bo...
A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for ...
Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but...
We’re learning that frailty can quietly arrive decades before old age, with some people in their 30s...
A daily multivitamin may slightly slow rates of ag...
Taking a multivitamin every day might slightly slow the rate of ageing, but the extent to which this...
Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite c...
A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house after thousands observed a stunning fireball str...
'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of ...
Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of...
SpaceX's Ship 39 is so cool in Starship V3 test| S...
SpaceX engineers tested Ship 39's propellant system, leading to some stunning images.
Smart telescope buying made easy: Your guide to Un...
Our expert gives you a rundown of the main smart telescope brands and models.
'Project Hail Mary''s final teaser trailer is 'Ama...
'I really wanted this incredible friendship to be true to the book.'
Future spacecraft could fix their own damage using...
Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a ca...
The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in...
A single femur found in Bulgaria appears to represent an ape or early hominin that walked on two leg...
SETI may have missed alien signals because of spac...
SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was s...
Congress wants the International Space Station to ...
Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercia...
Ancient 'weirdo' reptile graduated from 4 legs to ...
Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic...
SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launc...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East a...
I spoke to the writers behind the trippy new sci-f...
"If Neil deGrasse Tyson read this book, he would not be thrilled."
A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating ...
Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key s...
Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is s...
We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detecto...
