A planet that should have been eaten by a huge star has baffled scientists until now.

Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are masters of disguise, changing their skin color and texture to blend in with their underwater surroundings.

Scientists using one of the world's most powerful quantum microscopes have made a discovery that could have significant consequences for the future of computing.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed, for the first time, starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes—quasars—seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang. A new study in Nature finds the black …

They receive constant feedback about their skin pattern and adjust camouflage accordingly.

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are commonly known to suffer from skin rashes, respiratory and non-respiratory diseases. A team of researchers may have found the reason for this.According to a study published in the journal Frontiers i…

Optical devices and materials allow scientists and engineers to harness light for research and real-world applications, like sensing and microscopy. Federico Capasso's group at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering Applied Sciences (SEAS) has dedi…

Even though we're embedded inside the Milky Way, we don't know precisely what our galaxy looks like. Astronomers have had to build up a map of our galaxy slowly and carefully by measuring the distance to various structures and mapping them into three dimensio…

When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.

A study published in PNAS Nexus explores the genetic expression of a photosynthetic symbiont that lives inside an abundant marine organism. Marine diatoms are responsible for one-fifth of global photosynthesis. Many are coastal, but diatom-diazotroph associat…

It’s currently impossible to track space debris smaller than a fingernail, but a pending in-space demonstration is a step in the right direction.

NASA has chosen Jane Rigby as the new senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, and has worked on the mission for many years.

Researchers confirm theory of quantum friction. Water and carbon make a quantum couple: the flow of water on a carbon surface is governed by an unusual phenomenon dubbed quantum friction. A recent study provides experimental proof of this phenomenon – previou…

Using the MeerKAT telescope, an international team of astronomers has serendipitously discovered a new pulsar. The newfound object, designated PSR J1710−3452, turns out to be an extremely intermittent radio pulsar. The finding was reported June 19 on the pre-…

Scent marking is a communication strategy for many mammals. These scent marks provide key information about the animals that leave them, with those animals that detect them often changing their behavior in response to them.

Our ‘ESA Photolibrary for Professionals’ platform has relaunched with a new modern user interface, additional search features and download options. Register for a user account and you can access the largest selection of high-resolution professi…

The intrepid rover found a donut-shaped rock that may be a meteorite which landed on Mars.

In a fight to help reverse the pollination deficit, BeeHero has created IoT sensors that turn a traditional bee hive into an intelligent smart hive that has the power ...

Sky News host Liz Storer says four Nasa volunteers are trying to spend a year in a mock Mars base in preparation for a mission to the red planet.

NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office has issued a warning regarding asteroid 2013 WV44. This Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is expected to make its closest approach to our planet on June 28.

The phone looks like its predecessor, with minor design changes on the back. The Red Magic 8S Pro is arriving next week, and the phone will have almost the...

Those teeth now are providing a fuller understanding of this extinct predator, with an analysis of the mineral makeup of their enamel-like tissue confirming that megalodon was warm-blooded - a trait scientists suspect contributed both to its tremendous succes…

The team’s discoveries mark a first and promising step in constructing a type of fault-tolerant qubit.