Last year, astronomers detected a powerful burst of radio waves from within our galaxy. Researchers now say it came from NASA's defunct Relay 2 satellite — but they're not sure what caused it.

A Los Alamos collaboration has replicated an important but largely forgotten physics experiment: the first deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion observation. As described in the article published in Physical Review C, the reworking of the previously unheralded experi…

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur — one that was dog-sized and roamed what is now the United States around 150 million years ago alongside familiar dinosaurs like stegosaurus and diplodocus.

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it ...

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say.

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have produced fertile adult mice from embryos constructed entirely with male genetic material. Mice carrying only paternal DNA developed into fertile adults following precision editing of seven imprinting control r…

Scientists reveal that a key evolutionary theory about rapid change is wrong, caused mainly by statistical noise in the data.

New findings from Mars Express and ExoMars reveal surprising details about Mars' ionosphere.

Researchers discover a fossilized forest in the Falkland Islands that flourished millions of years ago, revealing drastic climate changes.

Landsat 7 was operational for 25 years.

New research shows that caffeine may help slow ageing at the cellular level by activating AMPK, a key energy-sensing pathway.

Three dates in July and August are contenders for Earth's fastest single rotation – or shortest day – of the year.

Astronomers spotted exoplanet AT2021ueyL b, a gas giant 3,262 light-years away, using microlensing. It orbits in the galactic halo region.

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating that gravitational wave signals from black hole mergers are more complex than earlier anticipated.

Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?

A remarkable discovery challenges everything we knew about fossilization. Collagen has been found in a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, sparking new questions about ancient preservation.

We haven’t found evidence of the theoretical particle, but it’s still worth investigating.

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Alberta, Canada, is offering a rare glimpse into the world of dinosaurs. Researchers have uncovered a near-complete skeleton with fossilized skin.

A small company is vying to take on the Moonwatch with a cutting-edge, 3D-printed lightweight timepiece that's fit for EVAs, can be fixed on the ISS, and capable of keeping time in the harshest environment known to humans.

"We plan to continue our investigation."

Landauer's principle is a thermodynamics concept also relevant in information theory, which states that erasing one bit of information from an information system results in the dissipation of at least a specific amount (i.e., kBTln2) of energy. This principle…

A team of paleontologists and researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has discovered what may be the largest known dinosaur mating dance arena ever found. For their study, published in the journal Cretaceous Research, the group used drone…

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to past life.

Mountains, sub-glacial lakes, hidden valleys, even remnants of lost civilizations: what lies under Antarctica’s vast 2,000-metre thick ice sheet has long...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by Hollywood.