Hebrew University researchers believe they have an answer to the question. Seeking love? Then you'll understand how important that first date might be. What draws us to certain individuals when we fall in love but not others? Most of us will be surprised by t…

NEW YORK — Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of

Scheduled to launch in late 2022, the Vulcan Centaur rocket is a new methane-fueled rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA), one of the most experienced space launchers in the United States. The V…

Gary Boyle, the Backyard Astronomer, tells CTV News Ottawa the bright line of light moving across the sky was a Starlink train. The Starlink train is a chain of satellites launched by SpaceX.

The University of Birmingham researchers have demonstrated how unique vibrations caused by interactions between the two stars' tidal fields as they approach each other effect gravitational-wave observations.

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How far can you see? If you’re standing on the beach looking out to sea, the distance to the horizon is, surprisingly, only a bit over three miles. But of course, everyone has been to the top of a mountain, or even a building, where they could see...

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New Zealand-based company Rocket Lab plans to send the first private mission to Venus in 2023.

On June 13, the third major data release from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia…

Scientific Reports - Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855

SpaceX's Dragon capsule separated from the ISS at 8:35 pm last night with around 1,814 kg of supplies and will splash down into the Pacific Ocean at 12:17 am.

The treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) is an unmet medical need in absence of early diagnosis. Here, the authors characterise cancer-specific transposable element-driven transpochimeric gene transcripts and highlight the role of POU5F1B in CRC growth and me…

After 45 years of service, NASA is planning to shut down the Voyager spacecraft. During their course, the two Voyager spacecraft have travelled farther than any man-made object. It has captured amazing photos of several celestial bodies, including Saturn and …

The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater.

The use of electrochemical energy storage systems based on alkali metal electrodes is hindered by the dendrites’ growth and volume changes upon cycling. Here, the authors propose nitrogen and zinc co-doped porous carbon nanofibers as potassium metal hosting m…

The US space agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar south pole, as it prepares to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis programme in 2024.

Fruit-eating birds are not exotic. But what did the first fruit-eating flying bird on Earth really look like?

NET Web Desk Researchers of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) have discovered a new diminutive sisorid catfish – Pseudolaguvia meghalayaensis, in the confluence of ... Read more

A new study posits that the evolution of chewing may have helped play a vital role in the evolution of humankind as a whole.

The best natural history links of the past seven days, from mystery holes on the seafloor to new technology that detects sperm whales.

The name of this star is R136a1. It is in the heart of Tarantula Nebula and is the largest known star in the Universe. Previous attempts to click sharp images of this star were successful in a limited way because the star is situated amid dust and near other …

New small, armored dinosaur (like a stegosaurus) looks strikingly like an armor-plated T. rex, complete with stubby little arms.

Tidally-locked exoplanets around red dwarf stars probably have brisk winds and permanent stormy spots. Could the Webb Space Telescope tell us more?