Sky lovers assemble! There is a lot going on in the next few days – stuff for every interest, location, and ability. We have ...

They’re getting closer thanks to a new study, but spoiler alert: they still don’t know.

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Ned is a common garden snail from New Zealand, and while that might not sound like a key problem when it comes to looking for love, he has one major difference. Ned is a lefty. He has a left-spiraling ...

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“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely changed the way humanity views the night sky,” Shawn Domagal-Goldman, acting ...

To recreate the sound of Neanderthal voices, vocal coach Patsy Rodenburg worked with a 3D model of a Neanderthal vocal tract, ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, ...

At first sight, V Sagittae looks like a classic example of the sort of system that gives us novae. A white dwarf and a ...

Within the urine samples was a genetic sequence that indicated they were looking at an entirely new henipavirus. This is a ...

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Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?