While reviewing some of last year’s cottage photographs we realized we have several atypical images of birds with ruffled plumage.  These photos led us to think it would be interesting to explore the functions of a bird’s feathers and how function relates to …

A signal, which was sent by a galaxy 9 billion light-years away from the Earth, has been discovered by scientists.

NASA and the Soviet space program spent decades researching nuclear propulsion during the Space Race.

The stars in our night sky are vanishing at an alarming rate. New data published in the journal Science —collected by citizen scientists around the world o

Preparing for a more powerful space station … Building a more fuel-efficient aircraft … And a way to possibly predict solar flares … A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! https://youtu.be/LDlnhLdoE_c Preparing the Space Station for a Mor…

The more-than 1.2 million km of fibre-optic cables that criss-cross the planet carry the world’s phone calls, internet signals and data. But this summ...

A new study that analyzes data from more than 50,000 amateur stargazers finds that artificial lighting is making the night sky about 10% brighter each year.

Mars is the passion of the scientific-space community, It seems clear that humans will return to the Moon via NASA's Artemis mission, but exploration of the

Thanks to dedicated individuals who follow their own heart’s pursuits, ancient chess variants are still alive today. An overwhelming number of enthusiasts and associations throughout the world cultivate old variants and other board games. Among them is Greg M…

If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the features found in our bones and bodies today are a testament to that.

The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in just 11 years.

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail, as it gets gobbled up by a black hole.

Combining new wearable technology and artificial intelligence, researchers are better able to track motion and monitor the progression of movement disorders.

Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because Antarctica is a desert, and its dry climate limits the degr>

Scientific Reports - Distinct coordination patterns integrate exploratory head movements with whole-body movement patterns during walking

Robot explorers have been surveying the Martian landscape for decades. NASA engineers and scientists explain why they take on human characteristics.

Out solar system will soon be getting a new explorer, as a mission to study the moons of Jupiter readies for launch.

Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. Cancer cells migrate through the body for a variety of reasons; some simply follow the flow of a fluid, while others actively follow chemical trails. So, how do you figure out which cells are shifting an…

Cancer cells migrate through the body for a variety of reasons; some simply follow the flow of a fluid, while others actively follow chemical trails. So, how do you figure out which cells are shifting and why? Researchers at Purdue University reverse-engineer…

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata successfully completed work left over from a previous spacewalk in 2022.

This week's Hubble image shows the small but intriguing galaxy UGC 7983, thought to be similar to some of the earliest galaxies that existed in the universe.

There's a close conjunction of Venus and Saturn in the sky tonight, which you can watch online from the warmth of your home.