A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size and orbit are forcing scientists to rethink how planets form.

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...

Neanderthal DNA explains how human faces form, tardigrades struggle in Martian soil, new tech tracking monarch butterflies and a fish with a hole in its head.

WHEN you read the news these days, it’s easy to imagine that Earth is the worst planet in the Solar System. Sure, we are told ...

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...

The great Walt Whitman is often attributed with the saying, “Be curious, not judgmental.” Whether or not he really uttered those words, it’s a powerful reminder to always look at the world with ...

In summary the ICJ suggested that nation states are obliged to act with due diligence to protect the natural environment from ...

Once a year, at a single precise instant, our tilted, spinning planet reaches a state of geometric equilibrium, and the whole ...

Lando Norris has had a stuttered start to his F1 title defence.

Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered subsurface traces of an ancient river delta on Mars.

Whenever these female evildoers emerge, the heroes of Earth must pool their combined might to stand a chance against them.