The three spacecraft will be unleashed on the moon with only high-level orders.

Researchers from the United Kingdom hope that a new, publicly available database they have created will shrink, not grow, over time. That's because it is a compendium of the thousands of understudied proteins encoded by genes in the human genome, whose existe…

Nobody knows what around a fifth of your genes actually do. It’s hoped they could hold the secret to fixing developmental disorders, cancer, neurodegeneration, and more.

New York [US], August 8 : Regular activities like drinking coffee and listening to music can influence a person's brain activity in ways that enhance cognitive function, notably in tasks requiring focus and memory. That is the conclusion of a recent study con…

Data from the now-retired lander also reveals that the Red Planet wobbles due to its molten core.

The universe we live in is a transparent one, where light from stars and galaxies shines bright against a clear, dark backdrop. But this wasn’t always the case – in its early years, the universe was filled with a fog of hydrogen atoms that obscured light from…

The thick fog didn't stop the Falcon 9 from launching 15 V2 mini Starlink satellites last night from California.

The 'Luna 25' lunar exploration program is Russia's first such mission after the 'Luna 24' in 1976 during the Soviet Union regime.

These quantum-enhanced chemical reactions have been a goal for decades.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio and Woody Hoburg of NASA answered questions about life and work on the orb...

Space X has launched over 4,900 Starlink satellites so far — more than 4,500 are currently functional. The Starlink satellite internet constellation currentl...

The Perseid meteor shower is visible in the Northern Hemisphere until Sept. 1, but the best time to observe it in action is this weekend.

Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on the ability is passed down through generations of females.It was very exciting to see a virgin fly produce an embryo able to develop to adulthoodAlex

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars.It’s amazing to think that somewhere right here in the UK might be able to tell us something about th

Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue guides us through what to look for in the morning and evening skies this month.

In October 2023, NASA is launching the Heliophysics Big Year – a global celebration of solar science and the Sun’s influence on Earth, our solar system, and ...

This documentary, originally aired in 1974, describes the planning and implementation of the revolutionary Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE). MODE was the...

Reef experts say an El Niño climate pattern could take hold this summer, raising the risk of another mass bleaching event further

In-water monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) shows hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels to that recorded in 2022, with small decreases in the Northern, Central and Southern regions.

Observations of gravitational waves from merging black holes may reveal new insights about dark matter, suggests a new study from a UCL-led international team.

fossils unearthed in chinas hubei province indicate that a marine reptile called hupehsuchus that lived 248 million years ago used a filterfeeding system in its mouth similar to whales according to researchers of englands university of bristol the reptile ing…

A combined team of paleontologists and geoscientists from China University of Geosciences and Hubei Geological Bureau, both in China, working with a colleague from the University of Bristol, has found more evidence suggesting that the ancient marine reptile H…

A new ecosystem has been discovered in volcanic cavities beneath hydrothermal vents at a well-studied undersea volcano on the East Pacific Rise off Central America. The landmark 30-day expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor (too) w…

We often believe computers are more efficient than humans. After all, computers can complete a complex math equation in a moment and can also recall the name of that one actor we keep forgetting. However, human brains can process complicated layers of informa…

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a giant cosmic question mark in space that has baffled scientists.