Stephan Kolzenburg’s field and lab research aims to predict where and how far lava will flow if a volcano erupts.

Two British scientists from the University of Kent are looking for cosmic dust on the roofs of cathedrals across the United Kingdom.

NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. This video shows recent tests of the first and second stage solid rocket motors needed for the launch.

Bringing protons up to speed with strong laser pulses—this still young concept promises many advantages over conventional accelerators. For instance, it seems possible to build much more compact facilities. Prototypes to date, however, in which laser pulses a…

We liked it better when they were attacking yachts.

Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions that support eco-friendly biomanufacturing.

Isotopic labelling and multi-omics experiments conducted in Biosphere 2 show how dry conditions reprogramme microbial metabolism.

The Hubble telescope has recorded an event in which a young planet whirling around a red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. The planet is so close to its parent star that it is experiencing a consistent, torrential blast of energy. D…

In 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch its next-generation exoplanet-hunting mission, the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO).

The Chinese Chang’e-6 mission plans to bring a sample from the lunar farside in 2024. Here the characterization and scientific potential of the three candidate landing sites are presented. They are located around the roughly 4-Gyr-old Apollo crater, located w…

The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows.

Bioengineers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to bring molecules back from the dead.

When combined with some other metals iron can defy some basic laws of physics, but only in very specific ratios, and it’s taken us 128 years to learn why.

Asteroid Bennu proved a trickster for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid explorer, rewriting everything scientists had thought about space rocks.

They are mysterious, exciting and inescapable—black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the universe. With gravitational-wave detectors, it is possible to detect the chirp sound that two black holes produce when they merge, approximately 70 such chir…

In a celestial spectacle, August kicks off with a trio of asteroids from the Apollo and Aten groups, harmlessly gliding past Earth at striking speeds and safe distances.

Guillermo Söhnlein believes humans could be living on Venus by 2050.

The source of magnetic fields has long been debated. New research offers clues on their origins.

For over a century, biologists have had to contend with a complicated picture of genetics, which they’ve only recently begun to understand.

The breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of diamond-rich magmas from deep inside the Earth, a new study has found.Diamonds, which form under great pressures at depth, are hundreds of millions, or eve

Dark, clear skies will mean a good showing for the 2023 event.

Meet the Los Angeles thread millipede, found near a Starbucks and a freeway

Scientists have previously revived ancient bacteria and prehistoric viruses that had been trapped in ice. Experts say they could pose a problem for humanity.

Researchers have shown from stable isotope ratios in the baleen of pygmy right whales that this species of baleen whales remains in waters off southern Australia year-round and feeds on Australian krill and copepods. Unlike larger relatives, they don't make s…

Although the change in the colour of the oceans doesn’t impact marine life directly, it indicates that marine ecosystems are in a state of flux and they could completely go out of balance in the future, which could severely affect ocean life and humans depend…