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How buried cables are revealing Earth’s interior i...
The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend a...
'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' at 45: Stop-m...
The Oscar-winning SFX guru talks turkey sandwiches, space lizards, and making the awesome Battle of ...
Starfish Space's 'Otter' satellite will attempt 1s...
Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2 mission will launch atop a SpaceX rocket this June to perform the first...
The physics of the universe appear to be fine-tune...
The physical constants of the universe appear to favor the existence of life. So why are we here?
Watch tile-shedding private Chinese rocket launch ...
Chinese company LandSpace sent six satellites into orbit on Saturday (May 17) aboard its methane-pow...
Get a massive 68% off a year's subscription to Pea...
If you're looking for a Memorial Day streaming deal ahead of the long weekend, getting nearly 70% of...
West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK f...
“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting that the virus is cir...
China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in...
China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and...
See the crescent moon rise close to Saturn and Nep...
Remember: A telescope or binoculars will be needed to spot far-flung Neptune!
Perseverance rover rolls into 'Crocodile' region o...
NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to har...
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on...
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites late Tuesday night (May 20), atop...
Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires ...
A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with glob...
Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of...
The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but like all deep-sea cr...
How the US military wants to use the world's large...
The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge wind turbine blades...
Lightning on alien worlds may fail to spark life, ...
New research has found that lightning, while not very common, can occur on tidally locked exoplanets...
Earliest galaxy ever seen offers glimpse of the na...
The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such ea...
Powerful Mother's Day geomagnetic storm created ra...
Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last...
NASA's X-59 jet takes 'flight' without leaving the...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, v...
How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming m...
Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push ...
House-size asteroid will pass between Earth and mo...
The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth.
Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking dr...
A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective i...
The 100th woman in space: Emily Calandrelli talks ...
As the 100th woman to travel to space, Calandrelli isn't just celebrating personal achievement — she...
Why do dwarf galaxies line up? 'Zippers' and 'twis...
Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies te...
'We don't know how bad it could get': Are we ready...
Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even ...
Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for ...
The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors ...
Did Predator just harpoon a plane out of the sky? ...
The first of 2025's two Predator movies is an animated anthology which is looking even bloodier and ...
Take a closer look at the moon and galaxies with t...
With a huge 15x magnification, these binoculars from Celestron will give you great views of star clu...
Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evid...
Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for mol...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global w...
Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level r...
NASA names geomagnetic storm for 1st time, honorin...
NASA took the initiative to name Storm Gannon after a space weather scientist who died in 2024. This...
Moon mining machine: Interlune unveils helium-3 ha...
Seattle startup Interlune's newly unveiled machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons...
AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem f...
Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easil...
SpaceX gets updated Starship launch license but st...
The FAA has greenlit license modifications ahead of Flight 9 of SpaceX's Starship but has not yet ap...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers an alien plan...
The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the gr...
Our galaxy's swirling gases and magnetic lines cre...
Scientists have developed a new computer model to explore the the interstellar medium, in turn gener...
Watch China’s private Ceres-1 rocket launch 4 sate...
The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit today (May 19) on the fifth sea ...
Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and pho...
There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolesce...
This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture t...
The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial int...
Capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies...
A group of white-faced capuchins on a remote island have started stealing infants from another prima...
Why honing your sense of smell could keep you shar...
A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. ...
Curious circles on Venus suggest its surface is st...
A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious...
Portrait of a moon buggy | Space photo of the day ...
NASA's prototype for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is seen lit in white and blue in an award-winning...
Dark streaks on Mars may not come from water after...
Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian feature...
14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ev...
Scientists have found evidence of the most powerful storm in history, which hit Earth in 14,300 year...
Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment ...
Using human cells, researchers were able to create a novel cervix-on-a-chip model to study how the v...
Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies duri...
Skywatchers were left surprised, puzzled and awestruck by a mysterious streak of light slicing throu...
Is the COP30 climate summit already in crisis, wit...
Mounting concerns about Brazil's approach to the COP30 climate summit have observers asking whether ...
All about the abandoned Apollo capsule in 'The Las...
Whether you are a fan of space exploration history or of the game on which the series is based, "The...
