A useful primer explains how cosmic exploration has been commercialised and explores the challenges in policing this new wild west

"When you're in your launch and entry suits, you're with the crew you're going to be on the pad with, that is absolutely phenomenal."

How to get the best display of blooms thanks to regular trimming

In a rare skywatching treat, you can see August's full Sturgeon Moon rise soon after sunset on both Saturday, Aug. 9 and Sunday, Aug. 10.

A collection of new studies on gene activity shows that AI tools aren’t very good.

A data-driven approach integrates data mining, experimentation and machine learning to design high-performance adhesive hydrogels from scratch, tailored for demanding underwater environments.

Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minimal similarity to other tissues or ecosystem components.

The ultrafast optical control of resonances in temporally symmetry-broken metasurfaces allows resonances to be created, annihilated or programmably manipulated, which is useful for applications that require active real-time tunability.

Microglia-derived IGF1 promotes the proliferation of GABAergic progenitors and neuroblasts in the human medial ganglionic eminence, contributing to the extended production of GABAergic neurons and an expanded cognitive capacity in the human brain.

The males of four newfound tarantula species have extremely long genitalia so that they can keep their distance from aggressive females during mating, researchers say.

In the world of spiders, when it comes to male sex organs, size really does matter.

Imaging of a Devonian jawless fish reveals advanced features previously thought to be exclusive to jawed vertebrates, challenging the idea that jaws were the primary driver for the evolution of derived traits in the vertebrate body plan.

Quantum distance refers to a measure of quantum mechanical similarity between two quantum states. A quantum distance of one means that the two quantum states are the same, whereas a quantum distance of zero implies that they are exactly the opposite. Physicis…

Happy 13th birthday to the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012.

DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text…

: Communication problems for recently launched small satellites

International oversight would reduce risks, but could be "a politically sensitive and contentious matter."

Astronomers have discovered Kepler-725c, a potentially habitable super-Earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.

A key to humans’ survival might have been sunscreen, tailored clothing

Today, two new papers about 3I/ATLAS were posted online. The first (accessible here) shows the spectrum of 3I/ATLAS, taken the 4.1-meter…

A team of theoretical researchers used thermal effective theory to demonstrate that quantum entanglement follows universal rules across all dimensions. Their study was published online in Physical Review Letters.

It's possible our movement through the galaxy may affect our climate.

"It's as if our teenage rover is maturing, and we're trusting it to take on more responsibility."

ESA’s Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for p…