Science

An explosion rocked SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas late Wednesdaynight after a Starship rocket exploded on the test pad during a routine ground test....

NASA has postponed the launch to the International Space Station of an Axiom Space commercial crew mission, Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), that was planned...

When Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, preparing to face a lifeless wasteland, they were taken aback to find the surface covered in gleaming orange...

Astronomers have at last found the universe’s missing ordinary matter, the particles that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang and...

Over 5,000 years ago, an Egyptian weaver, maker of the so-called Tarkhan Dress, created the world’s oldest woven and tailored garment. The linen dress was...

When Vance Holliday accepted a research invite to New Mexico’s White Sands in 2012, he didn’t know he was stepping near what would become...

A jet-powered human robot has taken to the skies, and this time it’s managing to stay in the air and even move around mid-flight, thanks...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has recently begun a new chapter in its journey on Mars after entering the “Uyuni” quadrangle, a 1.5 km by 1.5 km...

SpaceX has launched 26 more Starlink satellites to the ever-growing constellation of internet relay stations in low Earth orbit. The flight took off at 8:36...

NASA teamed up with the U.S. Department of Defence on 11 and 12 June to conduct a simulation for emergency procedures for a crewed lunar...

A basic but inscrutable brain system may distinguish between reality and imagination. New research has found that there may be a “dial” in the fusiform...

A small and once-overlooked spider has left scientists baffled with a novel method of killing that goes against the spider’s grain. The feather-legged lace weaver...

Axiom-4 mission, which will carry India’s Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) has now been delayed for the sixth time. The spacecraft...

Found almost 80 years ago in the cliffs bordering the Dead Sea, the Scrolls remain among the most stunning discoveries of the 20th century. Found...

The mysterious culture of Xiaohe of the Tarim Basin depicts a fascinating glance into ancient funeral traditions. The Xiaohe’s boat-shaped burials and symbolic artefacts...

Earth’s ancient climate was influenced by unexplained ‘mystery particles’ from outer space. Explosive stellar events may be forecasted by analysing iron isotopes in interstellar dust....

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has released a stunning image of two of the Milky Way’s most recognisable star-birthing natal areas — the Lagoon and Trifid nebulas...

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than June 19 for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The Axiom...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected an enormous X-ray jet from quasar J1610+1811, observed at a distance of about 11.6 billion light-years (roughly 3...