If we want to understand the future, it's often useful to look at the past. And even more useful if you use octopus DNA to peer into worlds long gone.

"It's a sheer physical challenge to construct sieves with such precision."

They'd been in the collections of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) since the 1870s when they were first discovered. Nestled in among the largest collection of trilobites, the unique fossils rested in drawers until 145 years later when Sarah Los…

"This is an amazing time to be a part of this program."

New research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales.

No, it will not be asteroid strikes, supernovae blasts, and other calamities -- though that is likely too. But there is ONE cataclysmic event That is DESTINED to wipe out life from the surface of the Earth and scientists have figured out when.

The Sahara Desert: A Green Past and a Climate Mystery - CityLife

Mission carries pair of spacecraft for German military's next-generation reconnaissance constellation

In the two years since the telescope was blasted into orbit, it has performed like a champ, capturing phenomenal images of the heavens and collecting data about distant planets – and scientists say it will continue for decades.

Black holes were massive in the past 12 months.

SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth with Valuable Cargo - CityLife

This technique allows them to determine the speed of the clouds relative to the Earth by measuring the shift in the wavelength of the reflected light.

In a milestone discovery, palaeontologists have found that the mysterious fossil of a fruit found in India in the 1970s belonged to the Frankincense family.

China Media Group released top 10 scientific news stories from China and around the world for 2023.

The past 12 months have seen a host of new astronomical records broken, from exploding stars to faraway black holes.

The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans which could support life beyond Earth. But it’s not clear why these seas exist at all.

Dec. 24, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Every 21,000 years, the earth 'wobbles' on its axis, making summers warmer and monsoons stronger in the northern hemisphere. Scientists have found evidence that every 21,000 years for the last 8 million years, this wobble has caused 'greening' in the Sahara D…

The forbidden emission lines should not exist according to certain rules of quantum physics. But quantum physics is complex, and some of the rules used to predict it were formulated under laboratory conditions here on Earth, the team explained.

Hey Astro-Scopes! Trace here. In this special episode, we're celebrating two incredible years since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Prep...

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Black Holes: Exploring Alternative Pathways to Formation - CityLife

Every now and again, a reminder comes along that our planet really is unusual in so many fabulous ways.

Saturns enigmatic secrets revealed by NASA Hubble Telescope captures mysterious spokes The Hubble Telescope on October 22 2023 captured a mesmerising image of Saturn exhibiting an analoguelike glow and a subtly grainy texture. This image exposed a remarkable…

On December 24th, 2023, the colossal asteroid 2023 XN11, with a diameter exceeding 130 feet, will perform a close brush with Earth at a distance of 2.2 million miles. Despite its massive size, NASA assures the public of its safety, emphasizing continuous moni…