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...
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...
SpaceX just aced another launch of its Starlink internet satellites. On Thursday night (June 12), the company launched 26 new Starlink spacecraft to join...
A rare display in the night sky could be visible to skywatchers in the U.S., as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued...
Russian scientists have confirmed a brand-new island in the northern Caspian Sea. Satellite imagery from late 2024 first hinted at a sandbank breaking the...
The latest Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal a twist in the story of Uranus’s moons. Rather than the expected radiation “sunburn,” the moons Ariel,...
In a landmark survey, University of Newcastle researchers mapped a previously hidden koala population on the outskirts of Newcastle, NSW. The study estimated about...
