Scientists are on a mission to determine the origin of these rogue stars, which they now think are even older than anticipated.

Weiss-Kruszka syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by craniofacial anomalies, developmental delay, and autistic features. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Keck S…

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs.

Walter Cunningham passed away on January 3, 2023. As a member of Apollo 7, Cunningham took on the risk of flying the first crewed flight of the Apollo program, which paved the way for future Apollo missions, including the first lunar landing in 1969.

The first of 12 meteor showers in 2023 is underway.

A comparison of genetic codes spanning 62 different animals revealed that humans still have all the genes necessary to sport a full coat of body hair.

Carbon in its myriad forms has long captivated the scientific community. Besides being the primary component of all organic life on earth, material forms of carbon have earned their fair share of breakthroughs. In 1996, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to th…

"We have set sail for the stars. Now we're going to reach out to the unreachable stars."

The MARIO CubeSat, or Measurement of Actuator Response and Impedance on Orbit, just pulled off one hell of a Mario impression.

Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. In giant clusters of hundreds or thousands of galaxies, innumerable stars wander like lost souls, emitting a ghostly haze of light. These stars are not gravitationally tied to any one galaxy in a cluste…

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) discovered in March of last year may not return to Earth for another 50,000 years, or ever.

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In giant clusters of hundreds or thousands of galaxies, innumerable stars wander like lost souls, emitting a ghostly haze of light. These stars are not gravitationally tied to any one galaxy in a cluster.

Research at the Natural History Museum suggests variations in jaw muscles and biting actions.

Research at the Natural History Museum suggests variations in jaw muscles and biting actions.

A variety of sailcraft missions are in the works.

Russian astronomers have performed spectroscopic and photometric observations of a peculiar eclipsing polar known as BS Tri. Result of this observational campaign, presented in a paper published December 23 on arXiv.org, shed more light on the properties of B…

This year promises to be out of this world when it comes to space missions, launches and the next steps in cosmic exploration.

Before a winter storm, adding salt on a road alters when the ice will form. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have applied this basic concept to develop a new heating and cooling method. The techniq…

Every 11 years, the Sun flips its poles, and the during this time solar flares and coronal mass ejections are let out while the magnetic fields change.

The proteins that cover nanoparticles are essential to understanding how they work in the body. Across 17 proteomics facilities in the US, less than 2% of the identified proteins were identical.

The centre of our galaxy can be seen in the image on the middle-bottom right. With the darkness of space as its backdrop, interstellar dust and radiation come together to form a magnificent tapestry.

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Former astronaut Cunningham, member of first crewed Apollo flight, dies at age 90 Former U.S. astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew to space aboard Apollo 7 in 1968 on the inaugural crewed Apollo missio…

A bizarre fossil which seems to have a dinosaur-like head and bird-like body has been discovered in China. It has a "surprisingly elongated" scapula and first metatarsal bones, making it stand out from other birds. Moreover, its skull is nearly identical to t…

All multicellular organisms, including humans, animals and plants, are made up of specialized cells called differentiated cells. Thus, the cells that make up the epidermis do not have the same identity—nor the same function—as those that line the digestive sy…